The SIMATIC NET industrial communications networks, created specifically for harsh industrial environments, supply you with data from the production plant, the manufacturing process or company headquarters fast and reliably, locally and on a global scale.
INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET
With Industrial Ethernet, a powerful area and cell network is available for industrial applications, in line with standards IEEE 802.3 (ETHERNET) and 802.11 (wireless LAN). Today, with a share of over 80%, it is now the network No. 1 worldwide within the LAN environment. Powerful and efficient communication networks with a wide range can be installed via Industrial Ethernet.
PROFINET
Siemens offers an extensive range of products for PROFINET which includes the SIMATIC, SIMOTION and SINUMERIK as well as PCs and workstations. Distributed field devices from the SIMATIC ET 200 product line can be directly connected to PROFINET. Existing PROFIBUS devices can also be integrated into a PROFINET solution. The product range is rounded off by a comprehensive range of active and passive network components, security products for the creation of secure Industrial Ethernet networks, and the option of wireless communication with Industrial Wireless LAN.
PROFIBUS
PROFIBUS is the powerful, open and rugged bus system for process and field communication in cell networks with few stations and for data communication in accordance with IEC 61158/EN 50170.
Automation devices such as PLCs, PCs, HMI devices, sensors or actuators can communicate via this bus system. The IEC 61158/EN 50170 standard makes allowance at the same time for the future of your investments since existing plants can be expanded using components that conform to the standard.
PROFIBUS is part of Totally Integrated Automation ® (TIA), the uniform, integrated product and system range from Siemens for efficient automation of the entire production process – for all sectors of industry.
PROFIBUS can be used for the following applications:
- Factory automation
- Process automation
- Building automation
- Different PROFIBUS versions are available for the various fields of application:
- Process or field communication
*PROFIBUS DP (for fast, cyclic data exchange with field devices).
*PROFIBUS PA (for intrinsic safety applications in process automation. - Data communication
- PROFIBUS FMS (for data communication between programmable controllers and field devices
SIMATIC NET communication products from the Industrial Mobile Communication (IMC) range provide the basis for company-wide communication -integrated into areas which until now were difficult or impossible to access.
This level of integration is possible through the use of wireless communication based on worldwide standards such as IEE 802.11, GSM, GPRS and, in future, UMTS or infrared transmission technologies for PROFIBUS.
The "I features" of Industrial Wireless LAN (IWLAN) are eminently suitable for establishing wireless networks with reliable communication and for use in PROFINET environments.