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News Release from: The Profibus Group | Subject: The Story of Pretty Polly
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 November 2006
Learn about Ethernet in a fun, whimsical
way
The Profibus Group is offering a free booklet that takes a fresh look at Industrial Ethernet and addresses some of the myths and facts about Profinet
The Profibus Group is offering a free booklet that takes a fresh look at Industrial Ethernet and addresses some of the myths and facts about Profinet The booklet: 'Profinet, or The Story of Pretty Polly, Sweet SUE and the White Knight' is available on request in hardcopy, or for download in pdf format by visiting the Profibus UK website where the link will be found towards the end of the page
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The tale is told in storybook form with three main characters that give a whimsical overview of the key differences and advantages of Profinet over other fieldbus protocols.
The main characters are Pretty Polly the myth-spreading parrot, Sweet SUE (Standard Unmodified Ethernet) and Profinet: the White Knight of fieldbus networks that offers optimised solutions for all aspects of industrial automation.
The booklet offers more than 40 pages of useful information written in simple straightforward language with humorous, colourful illustrations and keywords coded in blue that correspond with a glossary of commonly used terms.
Further reading
25 million Profibus nodes now installed worldwide
The latest market figures confirm that in April 2008, the number of installed Profibus nodes in ALL manufacturing plants, which includes process plants, broke the 25 million barrier
The background to the new IO-Link
With an aim to improve the total cost of ownership of machines and plants, manufacturers and operators are continually on the look-out for optimisation potential.
The booklet explains why Profinet is the all-encompassing automation solution and the leading Industrial Ethernet standard.
It is the only single-network solution for factory and process automation, discrete and motion control, vertical and horizontal integration and safety.
It includes plant-wide fieldbus communication, plant-to-office communication and equipment-to-equipment integration.
Profinet can simultaneously handle standard TCP/IP transmissions and real-time and isochronous real-time transmissions at sub-millisecond speeds.
Profinet embraces industry standards like Ethernet, TCP/IP, XML and OPC, and is supported by more than 1,400 PI member companies worldwide.
A FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROFINET.
Developed by the PI Competence Centre at the Automation Systems Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, the new Profinet Workshop, on 11 December 2006, is for engineers and technicians who have a basic working knowledge of Profibus, but who want to see how Profinet fits into the picture.
Priced at just GBP375 (GBP338 to members of The Profibus Group), this course provides a good balance of theory and practice to help you see where Profinet can be applied and show you how this can be done with real equipment.
Further details and a registration form can be downloaded from the PI website, or is available using the brochure request service.
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