Industrial Communication for Automation and Drives - Induteq

Industrial communication
This brochure provides an
overview of Siemens products
for industrial communication
in automation.
The following criteria are available
as selection assistance:
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Types of communication:
process or field communication
and data communication
with typical applications.
Sample configurations
which demonstrate a wide
variety of possible solutions.
Comparisons between the
technical specifications for
the various bus systems.
Totally Integrated Automation
Totally Integrated Automation® (TIA)
stands for a complete line of automation
components providing the very highest
level of integration: three-fold integration.
• An integrated software toolset supports
all project phases, from hardware
selection over programming and
operation to diagnostics and
maintenance.
• All tools access a common database,
saving configuring overhead and
ensuring project-wide data consistency.
• Communication within TIA is integrated
from the field level to the process
control level: Industrial Ethernet,
PROFIBUS with AS-Interface as
extended arm (for interfacing switching
and installation technology),
For information
on Component
based Automation
and
PROFInet,
see page
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Protocol applications (e.g.
PROFIBUS DP).
Allocation of products (e.g.
CP) to automation systems
(e.g. controllers) in the
relevant bus system (e.g.
Industrial Ethernet).
Navigation assistance for
obtaining more detailed
information.
A glossary of the most
important abbreviated
terms.
The configurations shown in
the brochure must be regarded
as sample configurations
for informative purposes only.
EIB (for integrating building services
automation). Centralized and
distributed I/O are configured in the
exact same way.
SIMATIC IT
Siemens recently expanded the Totally
Integrated Automation solution platform
to include Manufacturing Execution
Systems (MES). SIMATIC IT forms the
bridge between automation level and
corporate management level.
Component based Automation
based on PROFInet
Component based Automation is the TIA
concept for modular plant and machine
construction. It utilizes the benefits of
component technology, which has
already successfully established itself in
the software world. PROFInet, the
communication standard developed by
PROFIBUS International, is used for
communication.
Integrated communication plays a
decisive role
As economically-priced alternative to the
cable harness, AS-Interface connects
sensors and actuators over a two-wire
cable.
The basis for building services automation
is the international EIB standard
(EN 50090, ANSI EIA 776).
The multi-point interface (MPI) is an
interface integrated in SIMATIC® S7®/C7®
programmable controllers, SIMOTION,
and SIMATIC PCs, PGs and OPs/PPs/TDs.
The MPI makes it possible to set up shortdistance
communication networks.
PROFIBUS (IEC 61158/EN 50170) is the
international standard for the field level,
is the world market leader among field
buses, and provides powerful process or
field communication.
Industrial Ethernet
(IEEE 802.3 and 802.3u) is the
international standard for area networks.
At present, Industrial Ethernet is the
number one network in the LAN
landscape, with a market share of over
80%. Industrial Ethernet is used to set up
powerful long-distance communication
networks.
Industrial Mobile Communication
Industrial Mobile Communication is the
term used for industrial mobile
communication products (such as MOBIC)
from SIMATIC NET which use wireless
communication. The basis for Industrial
Mobile Communication are worldwide
networks such as WLAN (to IEEE
802.11b), GSM, or the networks of the
future, UMTS. Thanks to the growing
versatility of information technology,
Industrial Mobile Communication is being
used with increasing frequency in the
world of automation.
Network interfaces are implemented
via programmable controllers or links.