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A robust data interfacing solution to easily store and retrieve plant data using a wide variety of tools (Part 2)
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Solutions
Integrating a real-time data storage solution with an existing plant infrastructure (Part 1)
A global mining company sought to enhance efficiency, reduce energy use, and improve product quality in platinum...
Leveraging the Anybus ProfiHub B5+R to reduce common network faults and build a robust, high-availability PROFIBUS DP network
A large platinum mine in South Africa experienced a complete PROFIBUS network failure within one of its main Motor...
Optimise PROFIBUS and PROFINET network performance
As a field technician handling PROFIBUS and PROFINET systems, it is crucial to recognise the common errors that can...
8 Benefits of implementing Anybus ComBricks into your PROFIBUS network
Anybus ComBricks is a must-have tool for anyone who wants to ensure the efficacy of their industrial network. It is a...
Benefits of segmentation using a ProfiHub B5+R in a Motor Control Center (MCC)
Unplanned downtime and network failures are some of the major triggers of lost productivity, causing delays, unhappy...
ProfiHubs with diagnostic capabilities
Is network downtime getting you down? Introducing PROCENTEC’s range of ProfiHubs, now with new diagnostic...
Remotely monitor tank levels: Part 2/2 – online configuration
So, now that we have successfully installed our tank sensor in our last blog: Remotely Monitor Tank Levels Part 1/2, ...
Remote monitoring of HVAC systems
What are HVAC Systems? Automated systems that incorporate Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) apparatus...
PROFINET installation tips and tricks
Are your PROFINET assets installed within specification? How do you ensure high network availability? PROFINET is a...
Remote monitoring of a power meter using a Netbiter EC350
Netbiter makes it simple to view your power meter data from a remote location. This week I had the task of setting up...
FREE ProfiTrace and COMbricks Training
Once you know the basics of PROFIBUS, come learn how to effectively troubleshoot PROFIBUS networks with ProfiTrace...
Remotely monitor tank levels: Part 1/2- installing the tank sensor
Utilising the following components, IDX was quickly able to monitor the irrigation supply tank at our offices in...
PROFIBUS PA to Fibre Optics (PROFIBUS PA OLM)
We’ve been receiving numerous requests for converting PROFIBUS PA to fibre optics lately. I believe that really what...
Home automation: How to get a luxury to pay for itself?
What is Building Automation? Let’s define building automation: Automation refers to the capability to program and...
Promotion on the PROFIBUS Troubleshooting Kit Pro!
Save over R7 000 on ProfiTrace now! Now selling for only R48 000, ProfiTrace is the most powerful mobile analyser for...
IDX ifm VSE Gateway
We are proud to announce the IDX ifm VSE Gateway, our custom cost-effective gateway solution for the ifm VSE002/100...
Bandini Cheese: One of the first companies to implement ComBricks into their operations
Bandini Cheese is a South African cheese manufacturer supplying their products to numerous pizza restaurants around...
Using ComBricks to permanently monitor your plant
Sometimes the intermittent and unexplained failures of a PROFIBUS network can only be explained as one thing: "My...
The essential PROFIBUS survival kit
Embarking on the journey of Profibus implementation demands meticulous preparation, where having the right tools at...
Easter special on the Netbiter EC350
The new Netbiter EC350 Was: R11 190 Now: R7 870 The promotion runs from 22 April to 30 June 2014. Price excludes VAT...
Connecting the ComAp Generator Control Panel to the Netbiter
In this blog, I will discuss the steps involved in getting the Netbiter to record and display values coming out of the...
PROFIBUS testers and troubleshooting kits
We at IDX run the only PROFIBUS competence and training centre in Africa and also develop solutions that get legacy...
Remote monitoring solutions for Africa
On 11 September 2013, IDX attended a “bullring” meeting at the Nigeria Inward Mission Event hosted by the South...
Case Study: InSQL to PI Migration
This case study describes the process, the challenges and the outcomes of a historical data migration project. This...
Migrating historical data between historians
Organisations that wish to change the data Historians use are often faced with the challenge of what to do with the...
IDX 8 Tag Manager: Managing the unmanagable?
Tag management of real-time data systems can prove challenging. As an industrial IT company, we frequently come across...
IDX 8: Data exchange, alarms and events
Data Exchange has been the core of the IDX suite since its first inception in 1995. Data Exchange allows real-time tag...
IDX 8 – Solutions for industrial data problems
Our company, Industrial Data Xchange, shares its name with our software suite, IDX. IDX first came into being in 1995...
How to configure an Anybus COM Port Transport Path
When configuring an Anybus Gateway device, some of the configurations need to be downloaded using a COM Transport...
How to use the Anybus NetTool for Profibus
This guide describes the process of using the Anybus NetTool for Profibus so that you don't need any previous...
New version of Profitrace released (v. 2.6.3)
PROCENTEC has released a new version of the Profitrace and in true PROCENTEC style has added some new and useful...
IDX Historian
IDX has been busy developing a plant data historian that bridges the gap between low-cost simple file logging and the...
The lesser known features of the Netbiter Solution
The Netbiter® device along with its ArgosTM web service technology is becoming increasingly popular in South Africa....
HDLC to PROFIBUS Gateway
The integration of legacy systems and modern technology is sometimes a challenge in the creation and maintenance of...
A need for tag synchronisation and management
Modern plant systems consist of various real-time data systems, often from different vendors and the data contained in...
ComBricks: A permanent monitoring solution
COMbricks™ - The first PROFIBUS and PROFINET-based automation system that unites network components, permanent...
IDX successfully hosts its first Anybus breakfast
IDX recently hosted our first breakfast targeted at the upcoming range of Anybus products available as well as some of...
IDX introduces OPC to Profibus (Profibus to OPC) device
I have been bugged by my colleagues to get this post out into the world. Now as an engineer the last thing on my to-do...
New embedded solutions
IDX provides unique embedded communications and remote monitoring solutions that solve unique industrial...
Tips on solving your PROFIBUS issues
For most of us, there was a stage in our lives, while growing up, that we went through, that involved us being the...
Exciting development: Siemens PCS7 direct PLC tag data retrieval
IDXOnline has an exciting solution in development to solve a long-standing challenge which involves collecting plant...
PROFIBUS diagnostics
I often have people asking for a copy of my slides from a Profibus Diagnostics Seminar that we gave at the Eskom...
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