LXI Consortium Gathers For Munich PlugFest

Sept. 13, 2007

The LXI Consortium, an industry group supporting adoption of the LAN Extensions for Instrumentation communications standard for measurement equipment, has announced plans for a general meeting and PlugFest to be held October 9-11, 2007 in Munich, Germany. Hosted by LXI Consortium member Rohde & Schwarz at their training facilities, the meetings are open to both members and non-members. The PlugFest offers companies the opportunity to test prototype LXI devices for conformance with the LXI specifications and for interoperability with other prototype devices.

LXI Consortium (www.lxistandard.org)

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.