There are a lot more than ten resources for PROFINET, but here is a selection to provide a good starting point. 1. Marketing Flyer: PROFINET A brief, high-level overview of PROFINET. Topics such as Diagnostics, Safety, and Performance are briefly introduced. 2....
PI offers many different social media channels: blog, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and even the old standby, RSS. Here are some examples and time-saving opportunities to participate. RSS RSS feeds have been around for a long time (at least a long time in Internet...
Should you use a managed switch or an unmanaged switch with PROFINET? YES! Yes, you should use either a managed or an unmanaged Ethernet switch with PROFINET. Unmanaged Switches An unmanaged switch has no built-in intelligence except to send incoming Ethernet frames...
Hunter Harrington, PROFINET Consulting Engineer, of the PROFI Interface Center in Johnson City, Tennessee discusses the importance of PROFINET device naming plus rules and caveats in today’s engineering tools. The number one rule-of-thumb, which you should never...
Diagnosing Industrial Communications Networks Today industrial communications networks are part of the fabric of most manufacturing plants globally. The upkeep of these networks is crucial to smooth plant operations. The rapid diagnosis of the communications networks...
Regional PI Associations in Australia, China, Middle East, and the UK have news in this issue. PI Australia looks back at 2016 and ahead to 2017. PI China appeared in the exhibition of the 2016 China International Industry Fair in Shanghai. PI Middle East hosted a...
