Hanover 2015: The PROFI News
loading… “Good News Is No News.” The PROFINET and PROFIBUS news from Hanover Fair was slim… and that’s a good thing. This means the technologies are stable and complete. Although work continues “around the edges,” the core communications protocols are where they need to be for wide adoption. With 50,900,000 PROFIBUS nodes installed through 2014…
Hanover 2015: The PI Booth
loading… I wish you could have been there to see and hear all about PROFINET, PROFIBUS, and IO-Link. Since you weren’t, here’s the photo gallery (click to enlarge and start slide show): The PI Booth provided a great meeting point for North American trade press, PI North America members, and PI colleagues from around the…
Hanover 2015: The Fair and Industry 4.0
loading… The official theme of this year’s Fair was “Integrated Industry – Join the Network” but the real theme was “Industry 4.0.” Industry 4.0 was noted in every booth in some way. The best explanation of Industry 4.0 that I heard was in the ABB booth as part of the official Industry 4.0 tour that…
Hanover 2015: The Fair
loading… Hanover Fair (Hannover Messe) took up all 5 weekdays last week. (Many of us remember when it was longer with family days on the weekend.) “Integrated Industry – Join the Network” was its keynote theme. Phrases I heard during the week included: Shop floor to top floor. Lot size of one. Personalization. Industry 4.0…
Industrial Wireless: What to Consider
loading… Lots has been written in this space about using industrial wireless with PROFINET. This is mostly the ‘what’; this post is to address the ‘how’. “How do I implement industrial wireless in a PROFINET network?” Just to recap, while wireless is not just one thing, this will focus exclusively on the most common type of…
Tech Tip Roundup
loading… One of our favorite topics is tech tips. We provide at least one in every issue of PROFINEWS. If you are a subscriber, you have been kept up-to-date with tech tips. If you are not a subscriber, subscribe here. Then read on for a current list (and read PROFINEWS for new ones). For PROFINET:…
5 Simple Facts about PROFINET
loading… 1. PROFINET is fast. PROFINET is as fast as you need it to be. Different applications have different requirements for speed – many process applications are slow moving so updates in hundreds of milliseconds is fast enough. Factory automation needs faster response. Motion control needs even faster response. PROFINET covers the gamut. 2. PROFINET…
Choose the Network First
loading… In the Atlanta PROFINET one-day training class, someone was asking about using PROFINET with a controller that does not natively support it. The unusual part of this is that only one controller maker does not support PROFINET natively (you have to use a gateway). That’s what happens when you pick the controller supplier before…
PROFINET, the Solute in the Automation Solution
loading… I cannot believe that I could not find his quotation on the Internet: “If you’re not part of the solution you must be part of the solute.” I have seen it written down… on the men’s room wall in the Chemical Engineering building at university. And this does relate to PROFINET, as all things…
PROFINET, THE Open Standard for IIoT Data
loading… Discussions about the Industrial Internet of Things focus on Big Data, the Cloud, and Analytics. They ignore the fact that all of it starts with data. Discussions about the Industrial Internet of Things cite the need for open standards, often highlighting OPC UA as the standard for bringing information to Big Data, the Cloud,…