Andreas Jacob
Hilscher Gesellschaft fuer Systemautomation mbH
New Website features Ethernet protocol
PI North America has launched a new Website,
dedicated to showing users how they can incorporate ProfiNet networking
protocol into their next project. (PI North America is the new name of
the old PTO group. The global industrial networking organization is
rebranding world-wide for greater consistency between the regional
chapters.)
The All Things ProfiNet
site is positioned to help provide users and potential users with
technical guidance as they consider ways to apply the Ethernet-based
networking platform. Mike Bryant, director of PI North America, says
that the site is intended to lead a visitor through levels of
information in a logical progression, beginning with the most basic
questions about what the technology is and what it does. It explains how
industrial Ethernet differs from typical office environments, and how
it can interface with conventional IT networks.
The site accepts no advertising and exists to provide information to
users during critical evaluation phases. Bryant commented that the group
is targeting its marketing efforts at users who are still using
hard-wiring techniques in plant floor applications, and have not made
the critical leap to Ethernet protocols.
Categories / Tags: Development, Productmanagement, PROFINET