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    Mail Lists and Discussion Forums

    Mail Lists for Control, SCADA, Calibration and other topics detailed below. These must be subscribed to separatly as indicated. Some also have web pages which may indicate the types of topics debated. These are also discussion groups but instead of logging into the newsgroups the threads are sent directly to your mail box. They are generally moderated and more disciplined than the News Groups. They can be quite influential in forming opinion.

    Does anyone know of other Bulletin Boards or other resources devoted to measurement, control, automation and instrumentation? Please contact us with the details: readout@iol.ie

    • Control.com is the product of the famous Automation Control Mail List The purpose of this list or group is to foster discussion among those involved in the development and use of automation-related technologies as applied in manufacturing processes. Shared experience and knowledge in a non-promotional and technically diverse venue is the goal.
      It is administered by Ken Crater, who may be reached via email at ken@control.com.
      This is a very active list with lots of lively discussion.

    • Manufacturing Marketing Discussion Forum
    • Productivity Dialogue
        Is a forum, sponsored by ISA for executives who either supply or apply software and hardware in manufacturing processes. Is an interactive web-site based on short discussion-provokers that are sent to participants by email.

    • Scada Mail List

    • M2M Automation
        M2Mautomation.com is an Internet portal with focus on the M2M industry. It covers news, articles, press releases, surveys and other information. there are about 30.000 sessions / month and it is growing rapidly
    • Ethernet Mail-List
      • Industrial Ethernet forum - The online Industrial Ethernet Books has added a new technical forum to its website that provides access to technical advice from some of the leading international industrial ethernet companies. Technical expertise and a wealth of experience is available from Belden Wire & Cable, GE Cisco Industrial Networks and Hirschmann Electronics, who together form the panel of experts

    • Arcnet Mail List

    • Calibration Mail List
        ISO Guide 25 Discussion List is a moderated distribution list for those persons active in Performance Based Quality Laboratory Accreditation Systems. It encompasses all national standards arising from the ISO Guide 25 base document. It is a forum for national and international participants who are interested in sharing and exchanging ISO 25 information and experiences evolving from the implementation of the International Organization for Standardization ISO/IEC Guide 25 "General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories".
        To subscribe to the ISO 25 Email Discussion List, send email addressed to: majordomo@quality.org and in the BODY of the message send this command, (the SUBJECT area is ignored): subscribe iso25. You will receive confirmation of your subscription. If anyone has any problems with the subscription process, please send email to: help@quality.org
        There is also a useful http://www.fasor.com/~iso25/ Web Page.

    • Robotic Mail List
        The purpose of SPIE's Robotics Mail List is a moderated electronic discussion list addressing issues related to Robotics. It is is open to anyone interested in the topic. To subscribe, send e-mail to info-robo-request@spie.org with SUBSCRIBE INFO-ROBO in body of message.

    • Process Control Forum
        ExperTune hosts a process control forum moderated by world renowned Greg Shinskey and the engineers at TOP Control. Mr. Shinskey fields questions from control engineers and offer advice on solutions. The forum is open to all engineers.

    • The RF Test Weblog keeps visitors abreast of the latest news in the RF and telecom industries throughfrequent posts of technical and business developments. The Weblog is coordinated by Microwaves & RF magazine

    • Process-L; Process Sampling and Analysis Group
        The aim of the Process-L e-mail discussion group is to encourage and facilitate the spread of information about the sampling and analysis of processstreams by on-, in- or at-line technologies. You can subscribe to this group by sending an e-mail to:MAISER@FS4.IN.UMIST.AC.UK And put in the body of your mail:Subscribe Process-L

    • Electrical and Electronic Community message boards for professionals and traders in the electrical and electronic industry -

    • Interface-L; Laboratory Equipment Interface Discussion Group
        The aim of the Interface-L e-mail discussion group is to encourage and facilitate the spread of information about the connection and control of any laboratory equipment. You can subscribe to this group by sending an e-mail to: MAISER@FS4.IN.UMIST.AC.UK And put in the body of your mail: Subscribe Interface-L.

    • Production Technology mail list
        One of the services that ICTnet Catalan Institute of Technology allows is a tecnological lists groups about: Internet, wire and satelit, information technology, production technology, quality, management,.... Besides this list offers people an space for discussing, each list spreads a weekly technological newsletters with links, notices and news related with respectives themes. There is information also available in English. They also operate a Production Technology mail list (in Spanish).

    • Y2K mail List
        The Year 2000 issue presents a significent challenge to industry. The Y2K Mail List has been launched by ARC to help users communicate their Y2K experiences. Send a messahe to y2k@arcweb.com with the words "subscribe y2k" in the body of the message.
    • Embedded Systems Technical Issues Forum
        Those wishing to participate in the industry-wide technical issues forum, hosted by ESOFTA, you should send an email to majordomo@esofta.com, leave the subject line of the email blank and type "Subscribe Embedded_Systems" in the message area of the email (omitting the inverted commas("").

        Information about Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML) and how they are used. This is a good site with more publicly available mailing lists and was brought to our attention by a reader. (thanks Lisa!)


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