Time to change over

Easy integration of PROFIBUS into PROFINET

From PROFIBUS to PROFINET – the standard with more than

0 Mio.

PROFINET nodes worldwide
for future proofing and more flexibility.

Our experts will be happy to help you with the migration from PROFIBUS to PROFINET:

Migration to PROFINET PROFIBUS is the fieldbus for machines and systems that has been established for years. Based on serial bus technology, it revolutionized the automation world in the 1980s and created the basis for decentralized concepts for the first time. In the 90s, Ethernet spread into IT and industry. With the PROFINET standard, Ethernet has been extended by the features for networking in automation and has been used successfully since then. Today, it is impossible to imagine production without both systems. Through additional extensions, PROFINET is now also used in process automation.

PROFINET – the system of the future

PROFINET combines the advantages of both standards: The industrial experiences of PROFIBUS with the openness and the flexible options of Ethernet. The many advantages of implementing automation and drive technology tasks make switching to PROFINET worthwhile in any case: flexible topologies, one cable for all applications, wireless with PROFIsafe and significantly higher system performance thanks to scalable mechanisms speak for themselves.

Continued use of existing PROFIBUS know-how

PROFIBUS will also play a major role in the future. For this reason PROFINET was developed to ensure simple and smooth integration of PROFIBUS. The engineering of PROFINET is very similar to that of PROFIBUS. For example, you can convert a SIMATIC ET 200SP station or a SINAMICS converter to PROFINET by simply exchanging an interface module: simply change the configuration, reload, done.

Step-by-step changeover with existing systems

Existing system components can be easily connected to PROFINET: via IE/PB LINK PN IO or wirelessly in combination with SCALANCE W. This enables field devices (e.g. SINAMICS drives) on the PROFIBUS to be easily integrated into the new PROFINET systems – for an individual and step-by-step changeover. Both PROFIBUS and PROFINET offer the facility to connect PROFIsafe devices for safety-relevant applications.

Change over quickly and simply – without any problems

You know the basic technology: Simple integration of decentralized peripherals as with PROFIBUS DP, addresses and names assigned as with a PC. This makes the change easy so that you can quickly benefit from PROFINET. Existing PROFIBUS lines can continue to be used thanks to the use of VD (Variable Distance) technology. Take the test and configure a well-known and widely used PROFIBUS application with PROFINET. The simple handing and the results are sure to impress you.

Expand your possibilities – with the simple and rapid changeover from PROFIBUS to PROFINET.

A simple change that's worth it

Simple, step-by-step migration

With a step-by-step strategy, operational requirements can also be optimally taken into account. For example, machines can be migrated step by step during periods of low production. In the simplest case, a higher-level controller with PROFINET interface replaces the previous controller.
Then the GSDML file for the PROFINET devices is updated in the hardware configuration, the header modules of the decentralized peripherals are replaced in the field and the system components are networked with one another via PROFINET cable.

Industrial experience from two decades

With over 60 million nodes installed through all industries. As a standardized platform continuously developed by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) and supported through the cooperation of leading manufacturers, including Siemens, and their diverse products. PROFINET arose as a logical consequence of the technological evolution and the development work from PI, and is now the new standard combining the best of both worlds.

Futureproof due to openness, flexibility and performance

With over 26 million nodes, PROFINET is one of the leading Ethernet standards for automation. More and more devices have a PROFINET connection – throughout almost all areas of application and industries. As a result, you can take advantage of each function to give your automation and drive solutions more flexibility, more efficiency and more performance.

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