#SPS13 Profibus announcements!

This is a selection of releases presented by ProfiBus at the show!

PI focuses on apps
PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) presented its new “PROFINEWS” news app at this year’s SPS/IPC/Drives. Read more

Opening up new fields of application for PROFINET
The high-availability platform PACSystems with PROFINET Redundancy presented by GE at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2013 will enable PROFINET to also be used in critical applications from the transport, power generation, water and wastewater, and oil and gas industries.  Read more

Voelker Goller of Innovasic shows new Ethernet switch with Profinet IRT (Pic: @AllThingsPROFI, twitter)

PROFINET IRT in Ethernet Switch
PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) views the announcement by Innovasic that it is introducing a real-time Ethernet switch supporting the PROFINET protocol as another important milestone for further dissemination of PROFINET.  Read more

Drive technology with PROFIBUS and PROFINET is ideally positioned
The “PROFIdrive on PROFIsafe” document makes available a standardized interface that provides functional safety when using drives as well as functions that increase availability during production.  Read more

IO-Link is IEC Specification
IO-Link has been published as international standard IEC 61131-9 (Single-drop digital communication interface for small sensors and actuators).  Read more

FDI Specification completed – optimal support of PROFIBUS devices
The FDI Cooperation has presented the FDI Specification and FDI Developer Tools to the public at the NAMUR General Meeting. As a result of this, members of PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) will have broad access to this innovative integration technology. Read more