At the beginning of the year it’s a time to reflect a bit on the year gone by and look ahead to the new year. In 2016 we watched the continuing evolution of the concepts of Industrie 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)… and PROFINET’s place in them (we...
PI North America in cooperation with the PROFI Interface Center announces that their free PROFINET one-day training classes will be held in 17 cities in 2017. Los Angeles, CA January 31, 2017 Seattle, WA February 23, 2017 Atlanta, GA March 7, 2017 Richmond, VA March...
The next PROFIsafe Certified Designer Training takes place March 7-9, 2017 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The class will be conducted in the English language. The huge dissemination of PROFIsafe technology has increased the need for correspondingly knowledgeable people. One...
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...
