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2026-07-01/Drew Hanover
AVIAN T100 Is Now an ODVA Conformant EtherNet/IP Thermal Camera
The AVIAN T100 thermal camera has received an ODVA Declaration of Conformity for EtherNet/IP.
That matters for industrial sites where thermal monitoring needs to do more than send a notification. In many plants, a serious heat event also needs to enter the same control environment as other production and safety signals. Operators may need an alarm. Maintenance may need event history. Controls teams may need a clean way to expose thermal alarm states to a PLC.
The T100 is now an ODVA CONFORMANT EtherNet/IP device for that workflow.
What This Means
ODVA conformance gives controls teams and system integrators a standards-based way to evaluate the T100 inside EtherNet/IP environments.
For AVIAN customers, this supports a clearer path from detection to response:
- The T100 detects abnormal heat across monitored assets and zones.
- AVIAN provides thermal and RGB context, alerting, event history, and reporting.
- EtherNet/IP can expose thermal alarm states to PLC or SCADA workflows.
- The site controls team remains in charge of final PLC logic, interlocks, stops, and response design.
This is especially relevant for conveyors, planer mills, recycling lines, biomass and pellet plants, food production, ports, mining, fleet charging, and other industrial environments where heat can become downtime or fire risk quickly.
Why We Pursued Conformance
Industrial thermal monitoring often sits between two groups.
Reliability, maintenance, and EHS teams care about catching heat early. Controls engineers care about how that signal behaves inside the automation system.
Both are right.
A thermal camera can be useful as a standalone monitoring system. It becomes more operationally valuable when the signal can also fit the plant's existing response path. EtherNet/IP conformance helps make that integration easier to review, document, and support.
What It Does Not Mean
This is not a fire alarm certification. It is not a safety-rated controller certification. It does not replace code-required fire detection, suppression, emergency response planning, or the site's approved controls design.
ODVA conformance applies to EtherNet/IP interoperability. The T100 still works as part of a broader monitoring and response system.
Download The Declaration
You can download the AVIAN T100 ODVA Declaration of Conformity.
We also published a dedicated technical page for controls teams: ODVA conformant EtherNet/IP thermal camera.
If your site is evaluating thermal monitoring with PLC or SCADA integration, talk to AVIAN. We can help your engineering and controls teams map the right response workflow around the T100.
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