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PROFIBUS
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Industrial communication
The PROFIBUS network technology offers numerous advantages for
practically every application in the field of industrial automation.
PROFIBUS is used at the field level in both production automation and
process automation. PROFIBUS is therefore excellently suited to hybrid
plants.
PROFIBUS is an ideal solution for the entire industrial sector:
• Both standard and safety-oriented communication over one bus system
• Fail-safe communication takes place via the PROFIsafe profile
• Possibility of increasing plant availability through redundant design
• PROFIBUS PA is used for connecting process field devices (communication
and supply voltage on the same cable)
Siemens offers a wide range of PROFIBUS-compatible products for this
purpose. This, of course, includes the network and communications
software that you require for implementing your system architecture.
All devices can be connected via one and the same cable, for example:
• Distributed I/O
• Drives
• Controllers
• Identification systems
• Motor starters
• Weighing and dosing systems
• User interfaces (HMI)
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