PROFINET is the innovative and open Industrial Ethernet standard for automation

PROFINET covers all requirements of automation technology. PROFINET offers solutions for manufacturing and process automation, safety applications in addition to the entire range from drive technology to synchronous motion control applications.

PROFINET

• uses TCP/IP and IT standards
• is real-time Ethernet
• protects investments through seamless integration of any fieldbus system
• enables open communication from the management level all the way down to the field level
• supports a large number of PROFIBUS profiles (PROFIdrive, PROFIsave, etc.) and works on new profiles (radio integration, railway automation, etc.)
• components can be easily integrated via GSDML files