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Wireless process sensors
News Release from: The Profibus Group
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 June 2007
PROFIsafe goes wireless!
Profibus has specified PROFIsafe for wireless networks: the new version of the PROFIsafe profile describes the conditions for the functionally safe transmission of data via WLAN and Bluetooth
PI (Profibus and Profinet International) has specified PROFIsafe for wireless networks in the latest profile issued, Version 2.4: the concept has been assessed and approved by the BGIA and TUV The publication of the specification of PROFIsafe on Profinet IO - and thus on Ethernet - in 2005 was a trailblazing success, simultaneously confirming the compatibility, in principle, of PROFIsafe for wireless networks
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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It was then simply a case of defining the details in respect of the issue of security; in other words, access protection for safety-relevant data.
The new PROFIsafe profile Version 2.4 specifies the security issues involved in the configuration of wireless components for secure cyclic data exchange.
First applications with PROFIsafe for wireless are already proving their worth in practice.
PI members can download the profile (Free of charge) from the PI website (non-members can purchase the document from their local Regional Profibus Association for 150 euros).
PROFIsafe and Wireless will also be subjects for discussion at the Profibus International User Conference at Coombe Abbey, Coventry, which will be held from June 26 to 27.
Details of the Conference are on the web at the Profibus UK website.
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