23-minute Intro to PROFINET
loading… I was one of four presenters at GlobalSpec’s virtual conference and exhibit. If you need a really brief introduction to PROFINET, the presentation is archived in the “Conference Center” there. I wasn’t able to answer all the questions, but look for a document with all the questions answered on the site as well.
PROFINET Certified Network Engineer Training
loading… How do you gauge the growth of your favorite technology without an expensive market company study? (PROFINET being the technology; it’s my favorite.) One way is the number of people coming to the free one-day training classes. (An ever-increasing number.) A second is those taking the next step and clamoring for the next class…
Wireless Ethernet Safety
loading… One of the other questions that came up in Grand Rapids came up during the PROFINET section and related to safety. I thought it worth expanding on the answer to that. The question: “Can I use PROFINET over wireless in a PROFIBUS PA environment?” First, let’s be clear that we are talking about two…
How many devices on a PROFIBUS DP network in Grand Rapids?
loading… There was a good crowd at the Grand Rapids PROFIBUS one-day training class last week. Manny and Torsten were there while I was in Vancouver with Hunter for a PROFINET one-day training class. One of the questions that came up in Grand Rapids concerned how many PROFIBUS DP devices are allowed on a network. We…
Journey to Mars (in fiction)
loading… This month’s IEEE Spectrum magazine features articles about Mars exploration. A related article “My 10 Favorite Mars Novels” by Kim Stanley Robinson reviews a century’s worth of Mars science fiction. In the introduction, he mentions A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs and War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. [Click on those…
LinkedIn Tweeting Facebook
loading… Last fall I went a little crazy about social media in industrial automation. I felt there was not enough time to do all that stuff. But now that there are automation and mainstream comics about it, it must really have arrived. I really like this cartoon at automation.com. The gray-haired, balding boss behind the…
Crimping Newark Asset Management
loading… I was in Newark with Manny two weeks ago for the PROFIBUS in the Process Industries one-day training class. We’ve been doing these classes for over 7 years now and it is amazing that we still get new questions. In Newark we got a couple misconceptions that need to be addressed. One attendee could…
Problem Solving in PROFINET Class
loading… I started this on the plane back from Jacksonville and I’m finishing it on the plane to Newark for the Process one-day training class. (It’s tomorrow, May 14, at the Newark airport. We have arranged for free parking at the hotel.) In between I had to put the finishing touches on PROFInews North American…
PROFINET Developer Tools (Hanover Fair 2009 Report 5)
loading… The section of the booth devoted to the PI Competence Centers featured an outline of the PROFINET Design Process. A number of Development Tool providers were represented in the booth and at the fair: Hilscher, Siemens, HMS, NEC, KW-Software, IXXAT, and Molex among them. Here is Molex’s panel in the PI booth (next to…
Product Updates (Hanover Fair 2009 Report 4)
loading… In addition to the new PROFIsafe products I mentioned several posts ago, there were other new products as well. First up, a Phoenix Contact PROFIBUS Proxy with built-in 4-port switch, highlighted in green here. Shown among many other PROFINET devices from Phoenix Contact. Siemens also introduced its new PLC, the S7-1200. Karsten Schneider (former…