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 o...
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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...
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...
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...
Challenges Solved for Device Manufacturers
Wanted: PROFINET-speaking Devices.Needed: Integration Expertise. In more and more cases, the ability to communicate and interoperate via PROFINET is a must-have for Industry 4.0-capable de...
International PROFINET Technology Webinar
PROFINET is the open, manufacturer-independent industrial Ethernet standard for production and process automation. Thanks to its scalable communication, it offers optimal performance and flexibility a...
First devices with PROFINET over APL and PA Profile 4 on the start
With PROFINET over APL, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) provides a new, Ethernet-based communication protocol for the field level of process automation, which meets all requirements for rob...
International PROFINET Technology Webinar
PAANZ POST Dear all members,On Tuesday, 28th February 2023The first international PROFINET Technology Webinar is scheduled for this yearThe webinar will be shown twice:The first session will take plac...
Signed GSDML Files for Greater Security
In the field of automation, security protection is indisputably becoming more and more important all the time. That is why the security experts at PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) have drawn...
A stable foundation for PROFINET over TSN
With completion of the V2.4 MU3 documentation, the experts at PI (PROFIBUS and PROFINET International) finished the specification work for PROFINET over TSN in mid 2022. The scope and depth of all the...
How TSN Became a Key Technology for Industrial Automation
TSN is considered key to network convergence – getting sensor data, process data, asset data, really any data from the OT network, to the cloud for analysis. The results from this analysis are then us...
PROFINET Tester Architecture Simplified
The availability of a flexible testing system for the interfaces of open communication systems is an important part of product quality assurance. With the PROFINET Tester, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET...