Additional Highlights of The PROFINET Concept
Engineering: By supporting the Tool Calling Interface, every manufacturer of field devices can latch onto any TCI-capable software and parameterize and diagnose field devices without having to leave the program.
The proximity recognition and device replacement: All PROFINET field devices determine their neighbours. This allows replacing field devices without additional tools and prior knowledge in case of a fault. By reading this information, the system topology can be graphically represented in a very clear way.
Parameter server: Individually set data can be loaded manufacturer-neutral (e.g. via TCI) and automatically archived in a parameter server. Reloading is also done automatically when replacing a device.
Determinism: PROFINET supports the deterministic data traffic, for example, for high-precision control tasks.
Redundancy: The redundancy concept defined in PROFINET significantly increases system availability.
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