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A major milestone announced today, the ISA100 committee has approved the wireless industrial standard ISA100.11a, “Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications.”

Before being officially published, the standard has to be further reviewed by the co-chairs (Wayne Manges of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Pat Schweitzer of ExxonMobil), the ISA Standards and Practices Board and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is expected to be published in August.

ISA100 official page

Be aware that Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has issued an alert on the circulation of counterfeit Systimax Cat 6 cables. It bears a counterfeit SYSTIMAX® Solutions logo, print message, label and UL Mark for the Untied States and Canada. It has the following descriptions: “SYSTIMAX® SOLUTIONS, GigaSPEED® XL Cable, Communications Cable, 1000 Feet, No. 1069.”

The quantity currently in circulation is unknown and is distributed by Ke Jie Electronic Appliance Store, Booth G241, Zone B, Pacific Computer Market, Tianhe District, Guangzhou B G241 CHINA.

We can’t stress enough the importance of using cables that conform to particular category specifications. The criticality of using counterfeit cables within Industrial environments is a definite show stopper. It could result in catastrophic occurrences as the cables may not withstand or perform within its category specifications.

Systimax® is the flagship brand of Commscope.

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