10 Years of PROFIsafe
Beginning in the fall of 1998, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) achieved a milestone in industrial automation with its establishment of PROFIsafe. Impressive proof of this lies in the growth in the number of installed PROFIsafe nodes and systems. The total number of PROFIsafe nodes increased to 410,000 at the end of 2007. For the…
Faster to Market with Industrial Ethernet
The PTO announces a series of four PROFINET Developer Workshops to provide potential PROFINET developers with a wide range of technical information including PROFINET vendor presentations to help them select the best tools to develop their PROFINET compatible products. The workshops are designed for device developers, development managers and product marketers. Industrial Ethernet is a…
2008 PTO General Assembly Meeting Scheduled
The PTO 14th Annual General Assembly Meeting has been set for August 5-7 in Scottsdale. PTO members are invited to get more information and register for the event here. This year
Free Training Schedule for 2008
The PTO and PROFI Interface Center will be holding one-day training classes throughout North America for the sixth consecutive year. There are 24 cities in the initial schedule. Watch for more to be added during the year. There are three different curricula centering on PROFIBUS, PROFIBUS in the process industry, and PROFINET. Specific dates and…
PTO Announces Webinar Series for Process
Recognizing that not everyone can come to a city where PTO offers a PROFIBUS in the Process Industries one-day training class, the PTO has created a series of four webinars on the topic. The first webinar is scheduled for June 25 at 2:00pm EDT. It will present an introduction to fieldbuses in general and review…
PTO Reports from Hanover Fair
The large international trade show in Hanover, Germany, featured many PROFIBUS and PROFINET products. There was also much news about developments of the technologies. If you were not able to visit the show in person, PTO
PTO Sponsors ARC Forum
PTO is pleased to be an association sponsor of the upcoming ARC Forum. Please join your peers and ARC Analysts for ARC Advisory Group’s upcoming Forum entitled “Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Global Manufacturers”, on February 4-7, 2008 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. This ARC forum addresses the extraordinary opportunities and…
Additional PROFINET Certified Network Engineer Class Announced for Detroit
With past classes filling, we