Blog – Page 23 – ProfiBus Australia

March 1, 2023

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ISA100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, PI, VDMA, and ZVEI Plan to Partner with FieldComm Group and OPC Foundation to Collaboratively Develop the Process Automation Device Information Model Standard

Major standards development and end user organizations serving the process automation industry announce today ongoing collaboration work on the specification for a standardized Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM®). Participating organizations plan to share ownership of the specification and collaboratively participate in the PA-DIM working group, hosted at FieldComm Group, creating enhancements and extensions to […]

February 28, 2023

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omlox moves on to the next round with version 2.0

omlox, the world’s only open and manufacturer-independent tracking standard, has now been released in version 2.0. omlox is also establishing itself as the primary data source for location-based data, both in the industrial field and beyond. Thanks to cooperation with other associations, like the OPC Foundation and the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA), the vision […]

February 22, 2023

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Exact Location Tracking for AR via omlox

Augmented reality (AR) has been around since the 1970s when it was first introduced in pilot helmets and general industrial purpose since 1990. The technology consists superimposes computer graphics onto a user’s real-world perspective. The computer image could be real, entirely simulated or potentially exist in the past/future. Superimposing this information on the current perspective […]

February 21, 2023

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PROFINET Radio – Robust Transmission for Automation

Schildknecht, AG has gained experience with all radio technologies in many thousands of projects since 1993. It is one of the main reasons why we recommended Bluetooth 5.0. It is the most robust and interference-resistant radio technology. Users see this in high system availability, comparable to that of a cable, with no fieldbus faults. However, […]

February 16, 2023

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Case Studies for Effective Data Generation from the Shopfloor

Profitable Digitization Projects Begin in the Machine Network Anyone who wants to implement any digitization projects at shopfloor level, such as energy management, condition monitoring or preventive maintenance concepts, will be familiar with the challenges: Where to get comprehensive and accurate data? How to keep the cost of infrastructural adjustments at a reasonable level? The […]

February 14, 2023

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Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) for Device Vendors

PROFINET Community Software Stack The first way we at PI are helping automation device vendors to adopt TSN is via the release of the PROFINET Community [software] Stack. This portable software stack provides core functions required by PROFINET-enabled devices. These core functions can then be adapted (downwards) to the specific hardware upon which the stack […]