ISA100.11a wireless instrument vendor tests successful 12 January 2011

Honeywell, Yokogawa, Nivis, GE, Yamatake, Fuji Electric and R3 Sensors are all claiming successful interoperability, using ISA100.11a wireless devices.

The announcement follows recent trials at the National Technical Systems laboratories in Los Angeles, organised by the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) with its 'Wireless Plugfest'.

WCI's Technical Steering Committee planned the test scenarios to confirm interoperability in four functional categories: provisioning, networking, application configuration and data publishing.

"We were thrilled with the outcome of the December 2010 WCI Wireless Plugfest and will expand the Plugfest program on an ongoing basis," says Andre Ristaino, managing director of WCI.

"Our objective is to improve the user experience with ISA100-based products and maintain confidence in our declaration of assured interoperability," he adds.

The test included registered devices submitted by suppliers including the Honeywell High Level Analog Input (HLAI) device, pressure and temperature devices, and Yokogowa pressure transmitter and temperature transmitters.

Using a structured plan for assessing multiple combinations of network configurations, devices from participating suppliers were joined to gateways from Honeywell, Yokogawa and Nivis, and then configured to publish data through those gateways.

"This was a huge milestone in validating the technical capability, ease of use and true interoperability that ISA100.11a can provide to users," comments Osman Sakr, CTO of National Technical Systems.

"As new devices pass certification, we will expand our product testing to confirm the scalability, reliability and performance benefits of the ISA100.11a standard," he adds.

Brian Tinham

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