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Last week IDX was called to the site at a large commercial residence building in Pretoria, South Africa. Where our...
This blog is a by-product of a recent project to investigate and validate the sequence of events on some electrical...
Time to dust off the cobwebs and do some "legacy" development! In this blog, I'm going to show you how to get to a...
The PROFIBUS Competence and Training Centre of Southern Africa (PCC) has been providing internationally certified...
The Nettest II is one of those tools that our PROFIBUS Engineers ensure that they have with them when going on a...
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A client required some data on his SQL database to be sent to his PLC. He had a few sensors inserting data directly...
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Finally, an out-of-the-box cable solution for the ever-evolving PROFIBUS network. Device connections are sometimes...
Not only is it possible with IDX but simple, quick and cost effective. Anybus is your ideal solution, dominant when it...
In August 2016, IDX completed the commissioning of its latest StarNET HDLC gateway development implementation which...
Sometimes you've built a great-looking dashboard associated with a Modbus device template that you are now ready to...
If you have an existing network, you are responsible for the installation and commissioning of new networks or...
We’ve been receiving numerous requests for converting PROFIBUS PA to fibre optics lately. I believe that really what...
The SG-gateway family is a current leading Smart Grid application solution, acting as a remote terminal unit for the...
NEW! Certified PROFIBUS System Design Course Johannesburg: 25 to 28 July 2016 PROFIBUS Installers are certified, and...
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Today was the last Procentec training day for 2015 and we have a packed class of 10 attendees from companies such Sick...
We are proud to announce the IDX ifm VSE Gateway, our custom cost-effective gateway solution for the ifm VSE002/100...
Connectivity is not uniquely about industrial devices and machines, but more importantly, it is also about connecting...
Another notch under the Anybus Communicator's belt as it successfully proves that a WEG SSW06 Soft-Starter (that...
A quick guide to getting access to the P+F advanced diagnostic module via RS485 and COM converter. In order to do...
When delegates visit the IDX Academy in South Africa for training, they are always encouraged to bring their piece of...
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Sometimes the intermittent and unexplained failures of a PROFIBUS network can only be explained as one thing: "My...
The PROFIBUS/PROFINET Competence Centre of South Africa recently ran two Certified PROFINET Engineers in a row at...
When it comes to selecting the optimal Profibus cable, several key considerations can significantly impact the...
Embarking on the journey of Profibus implementation demands meticulous preparation, where having the right tools at...
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As the renovations are coming to a close at the IDX Academy, the trainers have become eager to get training up and...
Hopefully, this post will help you if you are having trouble finding the IP address of your Anybus X gateway. The...
The first IDX Gateway was successfully commissioned at Bluescope Steel, Wollongong Australia, at the end of February,...
In this blog, I will discuss the steps involved in getting the Netbiter to record and display values coming out of the...
It's here! Transparent PROFIBUS PA link for 12 Mbps with COMbricks! PROCENTEC’s transparent PROFIBUS PA link/coupler...
In a call-out to a smelter in South Africa last week, the IDX Product Technical Support Team assisted in the...
The popularity of PROFINET is growing in South Africa and so too is the requirement for training. One interesting...
What happened to the serial port on my laptop? Indeed it seems that our PCs are upgrading faster than the industrial...
We at IDX run the only PROFIBUS competence and training centre in Africa and also develop solutions that get legacy...
IDX has just returned from Botswana having done an installation of three shiny new COMbricks to monitor PROFIBUS...
The high-end PROFIBUS Connector EasyConn PB from Yaskawa (Profichip) has various features that speed up installation...
If you have ever wanted to search for specific content within your files and not just the name of files, we have...
When configuring an Anybus Gateway device, some of the configurations need to be downloaded using a COM Transport...
This guide describes the process of using the Anybus NetTool for Profibus so that you don't need any previous...
This seems to be a common question, yet with the amount of time we do it ourselves, we end up forgetting the procedure...
Anybus has created a wireless bridge that allows industrial Ethernet-based devices to communicate using wireless...
It is recommended that you download the latest version of ProfiTrace from here. You’ll be asked to fill in your...
The Netbiter® device along with its ArgosTM web service technology is becoming increasingly popular in South Africa....
The integration of legacy systems and modern technology is sometimes a challenge in the creation and maintenance of...
We have recently designed a gateway for one of our clients that allows them to use their old GEM80-400 PLC to control...
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For some of you, when you hear the word “PROFIBUS” you might cringe because of the problems you may have faced in the...
COMbricks™ - The first PROFIBUS and PROFINET-based automation system that unites network components, permanent...
We are constantly faced with comments about Profibus network problems where the consensus is pure frustration. Helping...
The ABC (Anybus Communicator) is a device that translates from serial communication to different fieldbus languages....
o I have been bugged by my colleagues to get this post out into the world. Now as an engineer the last thing on my...
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Handling "Late Data" into a historian can be tricky when that data changes over time. For example, we have a situation...
Profibus PA was designed as a solution for automation in Process Applications where it is often necessary to guarantee...
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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