MAP Application of the OSI

In 1988, GM released the network architecture called Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) 3.0 to be complied by its suppliers. The implementation of OSI for MAP 3.0 is shown in Table 2.

Table 2 : MAP Application of the OSI Reference Model - MAP 3.0 Released in 1988

MAP allows for direct linking of two MAP compliant (following the standards as above) devices to be integrated seamlessly. However, there are still many loose ends to be tied up to get to that stage and efforts are going to remove as many problems as possible.