Rob A. Entzminger

Rockwell Automation · Commercial Engineering

As the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes more devices to become intelligent, infrastructure within facilities must keep pace with the overall burden on the system. As the number of intelligent nodes within systems continues to increase, methods are needed in order to preserve network bandwidth and to provide reliable data sources for...

There are many organizations and standard bodies that recommend segmenting the enterprise zone from the industrial zone by utilizing an industrial demilitarized zone (IDMZ). This paper will discuss the basic principles and purpose behind an IDMZ. Additionally, this paper will discuss various strategies and design considerations to help users unders...

This paper investigates heavy industry power distribution systems and identifies a need for time synchronization within the network. Various methods of time synchronization are presented with pros and cons to each method. The goal of this paper is to educate the reader of various forms of time synchronization and how they can be applied in their in...

There are many organizations and standards bodies that recommend segmenting the Enterprise Zone from the Industrial Zone by utilizing an Industrial Demilitarized Zone (IDMZ). This paper will discuss the basic principles and purpose behind an Industrial Demilitarized Zone. Additionally, the paper will discuss various strategies and design considerat...

INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET (IE) PROvides a flexible, responsive system that incorporates real-time data from both control and production areas. This networking architecture provides connectivity, collaboration, and integration from the device level right through and including the enterprise business systems. IE applies the Internet Protocol (IP) suite of...

Industrial Ethernet provides a flexible, responsive system that incorporates both real-time data from control and production areas. This networking architecture provides connectivity, collaboration, and integration from the device level right through and including the enterprise business systems. Industrial Ethernet applies the IP suite of standard...

Coordination of large scale distributed measurement and control systems, such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other process control system implementations, require reliable and robust networks that can connect thousands of remote devices from multiple remote locations. Additionally, many heavy industries have ever increasing...