Research Triangle Park, NC (16 June 2010) – The ISA100 Wireless Compliance 
Institute (WCI) today announced the availability of its ISA100.11a Stack Conformance 
and Device Interoperability Test Kits designed to verify conformance to the ISA100.11a 
standard. Both kits verify the correct communication behavior of a wireless device as 
defined in the ISA100.11a standard and provide comprehensive packages and tools for 
troubleshooting, debugging, and regression testing of ISA100.11a products.

“Designed to help manufacturers develop products that conform to the ISA100.11a 
standard, the Wireless Test Kits provide manufacturers with a complete set of 
components to easily verify their products before submission for certification and 
guarantee conformance with the ISA100.11a technical standard,” said  Andre Ristaino, 
managing director, ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute. “The test kits used by the WCI 
accredited test labs are the same kits available to supplier organizations.”

ISA100.11a Stack Conformance Test Kit

The ISA100.11a Stack Conformance Test Kit is a comprehensive package that enables 
the user to ensure a manufacturer’s communication stack conforms to the formal 
ISA100.11a registration testing and will verify the correct communication behavior of a 
wireless device as defined in the ISA100.11a standard.

This kit also ensures ISA100.11a communication stack conformance prior to device 
interoperability testing. Components include a script server and software, test script 
source code and technical documentation, four diagnostic backbone routers, reference 
device under test, and an Ethernet router.

ISA100.11a Device Interoperability Test Kit

A subset of the Stack Conformance Test Kit, the ISA100.11a Device Interoperability Test 
Kit is a comprehensive package that enables users to ensure a manufacturer’s device 
conforms to the formal ISA100.11a registration testing and verify the correct 
communication behavior. The kit ensures ISA100.11a device interoperability in native 
mode, in conjunction with the ISA100.11a Stack Conformance Test Kit.

Components include the script server and software, test script source code and t
echnical documentation, diagnostic backbone router, reference device under test, 
and Ethernet router.

Both ISA100.11a Wireless Test Kits are available now and will be used by 
organizations developing products to the ISA100.11a standard. The test kits are typically 
used in Research and Development and Quality Assurance groups of supplier 
organizations.

Both kits are delivered with a one-year warranty and require only a PC with web browser.

To order a test kit and for detailed information about the ISA100.11a Wireless Device 
Test Kits, visit: WCI Test Kits

The ISA100.11a industrial wireless networking standard is the first in the ISA100 family 
of standards. This wireless mesh network standard protocol helps supplier companies 
build interoperable wireless automation control products. As a result, manufacturing 
and processing plants are able to create, modify, optimize and scale a wireless network 
quickly, cost-effectively, and seamlessly.

Future ISA100 standards will include support for backhaul functionality, factory 
automation, and other use-cases. Details on the approved standard, the ISA100 
roadmap, and use-case presentations are available at www.isa.org/ISA100.

About the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) is a non-profit industry consortium 
providing users and developers with market awareness, educational information, 
technical support, and compliance for the ISA100 family of universal industrial wireless 
standards. The WCI provides real world feedback from deployment of ISA100 devices 
and systems to ISA Standards Committees in order to foster rapid refinement and 
development of open industry standards for wireless applications. Institute members 
include end users, technology suppliers, research and development professionals, 
academia, and other industry consortia and standards bodies. Early members include 
Apprion, BP, Chevron, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications,
ExxonMobil, Fuji Electric, Gastronics, GE, Honeywell, Nivis, Procter & Gamble, R3 
Sensors, Shell, Shengyang Institute of Automation, Yamatake and Yokogawa. More 
information about the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute can be found online 
at www.isa100wci.org.