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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...
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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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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January 2016 Newsletter - Industrial Data Xchange IDX aims to provide world-class industrial connectivity solutions...
Today was the last Procentec training day for 2015 and we have a packed class of 10 attendees from companies such Sick...
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...
Bandini Cheese is a South African cheese manufacturer supplying their products to numerous pizza restaurants around...
Sometimes the intermittent and unexplained failures of a PROFIBUS network can only be explained as one thing: "My...
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...
As the renovations are coming to a close at the IDX Academy, the trainers have become eager to get training up and...
The first IDX Gateway was successfully commissioned at Bluescope Steel, Wollongong Australia, at the end of February,...
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In a call-out to a smelter in South Africa last week, the IDX Product Technical Support Team assisted in the...
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IDX has just returned from Botswana having done an installation of three shiny new COMbricks to monitor PROFIBUS...
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This guide describes the process of using the Anybus NetTool for Profibus so that you don't need any previous...
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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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....
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...
For most of us, there was a stage in our lives, while growing up, that we went through, that involved us being the...
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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