PROFINET – There’s a Lot to Know
loading… As frequent PROFIblog aficionados probably know, I’m a big fan of the Course Evaluations from our free PROFINET one-day training classes. In Louisville last week the results were typical: the course length was right, the training manual was good, and the instructors were great, so said the filled in circles on the machine-scored form. …
Back to the PROFINET, Part 2
loading… When Marty McFly time travels to October 21, 2015, he finds all kinds of futuristic stuff that wasn’t around for him in 1985: bovver boards, self-lacing shoes, automatic clothes fitting, and more. Alas, we don’t really have that futuristic stuff on the real October 21, 2015. But at least the first two of those…
GAM2015.4: Security
loading… Security is always a requested topic for the General Assembly Meeting. This year we had two excellent security sessions: Network Security and PROFINET – Marty Jansons, Siemens Marty reminded us that security is not just about the technology used to secure a network; it’s also about people, processes, and procedures. After a look at…
GAM 2015.3: The PROFINET of Things Continues
loading… On Day 2 of the annual meeting we discussed the PROFINET of Things topic in depth in a panel discussion. Our diverse panel included: Mike Bastian, Ford Motor Company Karsten Schneider, PI Mark Hoske, Control Engineering Drew Baryenbruch, Real Time Automation They provided different perspectives on the PROFINET of Things (and IIoT and Industrie…
GAM 2015.2: The PROFINET of Things
loading… The PROFINET of Things is a foundation of the Industrial Internet of Things which lies at the overlap of the Internet of Things and Industrie 4.0. It is foundational in that it provides the data that is needed. And it does it better than other protocols (see Data Access, Uptime, and Openness). Our theme…
GAM 2015.1: The Times They Are A-Changin’
loading… As I have said about past PI North America General Assembly Meetings, this one was simultaneously exhausting and exhilarating. Not to mention that there was a lot of news to share from the two-day event – news about PROFINET, PROFIBUS, IO-Link, Industrial Internet of Things, and Industrie 4.0. And even in Arizona the Fall…
PROFINET of Things: Openness
loading… A major driving force of the Industrial Internet of Things and Industrie 4.0 is the reliance on open standards. PROFINET devices are manufactured according to the PROFINET specification (IEC 61158). PROFINET is Ethernet, IEEE 802.3. Many other standards also come into play – standards from IEC, IEEE, NAMUR, and IETF (Internet Engineering task Force):…
PROFINET of Things: Uptime
loading… Continuing our examination of PROFINET as THE provider of data to the Industrial Internet of Things, we look at additional features of PROFINET – compared to characteristics needed in the IIoT. Uptime is the answer to the mission critical and professional services characteristics of IIoT. Diagnostics Diagnostics provide a means of preventing downtime and…
PROFINET of Things: Data Access
loading… In the last post, IoT AND IIoT, I positioned PROFINET as foundational to the Industrial Internet of Things which lies in the overlap of IoT and Industrie 4.0. In the post before that, IoT vs. IIoT, Michael explored the differences between IoT and IIoT. This post will start to extend that into the PROFINET…
IoT AND IIoT
loading… I once tried to make the case that “IIoT is not IoT.” And there certainly are differences as Michael pointed out in “IoT vs. IIoT.” But I have finally accepted that IIoT is a subset of IoT even though our Things are used to make the other Things – the Things in the consumer…