Beijing Kyland Technology Co., Ltd is one of the makers of EPA, (Ethernet for Plant Automaton), the first Chinese industrial automation international standard (IEC61158). We are the only company who is responsible for R&D of application of industrial Ethernet switch, one project of "863 Program", the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China. We are also the maker and promoter of China industrial real-time redundant fiber Ethernet switch standard. Kyland is the member of ZUIA (Z-PARK Ubiquitous-internet Industry Association), one of the hundred experimental units of innovational enterprises in Zhongguanchun Technology Zone, one of the 2007 Beijing Patent Engine experimental units, and also one of the recipients of technical stardard development funds offered by Zhongguanchun Technology Zone.

We have been in innovation and considering our mission to "Industrializing the Ethernet, Simplifying Industrial Communication". Our products of industrial Ehternet switch, optical data communication and access devices owning several patents of invention, patents for utility model, patents for design, and also computer software copyrights are developed under our long term research work in the area of optical communication, network, and also fieldbus. All these products have been widely used in all fields of electric power, telecommunication, water resources, transportation, coal mining, petro chemical, metallurgy, environment protection, war industry and etc., and win customers' trust.

Since its foundation, Kyland keeps developing very fast by accomplishing many important projects in China in the fields of electric power, railway transportation, highway, turnel, environment protection, metallurgy and etc. In 2005, our company received fund of "863 program" and became Chinese realtime Ethernet EPA protocol maker and won many big biddings such as Qinghai-Tibet railway integrated monitor system, rebuilding project of Beijing Olympic accessory projects’electric power distribution network, Shanghai and Beijing subway projects and many other key national projects. Now we have passed multiple international certifications such as FCC, CE, UL, ROHS etc. And our sales network has covered South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, America, Africa, and we have general agents in Germany, Swiss, Italy, France, Norway, Spain, South Africa, America and etc.

Kyland owned first class experts specialized in optical communication and network. They are also the founders of Chinese industrial optical transceiver, founders of Chinese industrial Ethernet switch, founders of Integrated Service Transmission Platform. As the constitutor and promoter of Chinese industrial reduntant fiber Ethernet switch standard, Kyland devote its best on innovation. Our goal is to create value for our customer through innovation, our long term ideal is to be the experts in industrial optical data communication.

Explanation: EPA

EPA (real-time Ethernet for Plant Automation) is listed as Type 14 of IEC61158 (Edition 4), and also listed as Common Profile Family 14(CPF14) of IEC 61784-2 real time Ethernet application principles. It is chinese first independent intellectual property field bus national standard which has been officially accepted by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and completely enter the international standardization system of field bus.

EPA is a newly developed open real-time Ethernet standard used in industrial field devices. It applies many mature IT technologies to industrial automation systems. By using the efficient, stable and standardized Ethernet technology and the determinate channel scheduling strategy of UDP/IP, EPA established a brand new technology for the industrial real-time network of field devices. EPA is mainly featured in its determinable communication, interoperability, compatibility, security policy, redundancy and easy to integrate with existing systems.

Kyland, as the leading industrial Ethernet and optical network provider, is one of the main constitutor of EPA standard and the primary participant of China's "863" National High-technology Project of "Research and Development of On-site Industrial Ethernet Switch" which is supported by Chinese government. We strive for developing chinese real-time industrial automation and achieving our goal of "Industrializing the Ethernet, Simplifying Industrial Network".   

EPA(Ethernet for Plant Automation)started from 2004 and is one of the 3rd group of "863 Program", the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China. Having passed the strict testing and inspections, Kyland finally is approved as the new drafting member of EPA standard and its all efforts and contribution have been admitted and rewarded. Kyland joined the project team of EPA of "863 Program" and became the maker of international communication standard EPA.

IEC 62439:2008(E) is applicable to high-availability automation networks based on the ISO/IEC 8802-3 (Ethernet) technology. It specifies:
- a classification scheme for network characteristics (see Annex A);
- a methodology for estimating network availability (see Annex B);
- a set of communication protocols that realize high availability automation networks via the use of redundancy and that can be used in a variety of applications.

IEC62439 is the second international automation standard KYLAND took part in. And this standard has already been in FDIS (Final Draft International Standard) phase.