The Fieldbus Foundation has praised an agreement by the EDDL Cooperation Team (ECT) and FDT Group to combine efforts and work towards a single, unified solution for device integration compatible with both technologies.
The historic automation industry agreement, announced jointly by ECT and FDT representatives at the Interkama 2007 exhibition in Hanover, Germany, lays the groundwork for developing a common device integration technology benefiting both instrumentation end users and manufacturers. As part of the agreement, the FDT Group will join the ECT as its newest member. The two organizations will work together to finalise this solution and achieve a common framework meeting the requirements of all parties. Future technology developments will use a subset of the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) within a client-server architecture. In addition, both groups have agreed to consolidate the advantages of EDDL and FDT technologies.
For more information about this cooperation agreement, click here.