PROFINET in the process industry

PROFINET combines the benefits of PROFIBUS, the most widely distributed fieldbus system worldwide, with the latest Ethernet technology. PROFINET supports easy setup of flexible communication networks and ensures integrated, reliable and secure communication throughout the plant – in real time!

Greater flexibility, efficiency and performance in industrial communication – PROFINET has been established for many years in the manufacturing and machine environment and is the preeminent global standard in automation.

PROFINET more than meets the special requirements of the process industry regarding availability, flexibility, real-time capability and ruggedness. At the same time, the Ethernet-based technology provides easy handling.

With version 9.0 of SIMATIC PCS 7, the process industry can now also benefit from the latest communication technology; the conditions for this are now in place:

• Scalable system redundancy
• Changes possible in runtime ("Configuration in Run")
• High-precision time-of-day synchronization for sequence of events ("SoE")

To hardware portfolio has been thoroughly updated to enable full use to be made of the new PROFINET options:

• CPU 410-5H V8.2
• SIMATIC ET 200SP HA
• SIMATIC CFU PA
• SCALANCE XF204-2BA DNA ("Y-switch")¹⁾

¹⁾ Note on boundary conditions Please note that when SCALANCE XF‑200BA DNA is used, at present the diagnostics can only be carried out by one CPU in the H System and configuration changes during operation (CiR function) are not supported (FW update under development).