by Dhashika Ramgolam | Mar 31, 2021 | Articles
Do you know how much an hour of downtime costs your business? Unplanned downtime is one of the challenges faced by many industries and it can lead to a significant impact on your bottom line especially in these COVID-19 times. An interruption in your plant may be...
by Jehrene Phillip | Nov 19, 2019 | Articles, Serial (RS232/RS422/RS485), Technologies
To understand communication protocols we first need to understand digital systems. A digital system communicates a message in the form of binary information. This is a flow of digital pulses sent from one point to another creating a means of data transmission. Serial...
by Jackson Kao | Aug 23, 2017 | Case Studies, PROFIBUS, Technologies
A client required some data on his SQL database to be sent to his PLC. He had a few sensors inserting data directly into his SQL database and he needed this data to be processed by his PROFIBUS PLC controller so that the correct actions could be taken. The solution...
by Kyle Roos | Jan 13, 2017 | Anybus ProfiTrace, Products, PROFIBUS, Technologies
If you have an existing network, you are responsible for the installation and commissioning of new networks or conducting testing on Profibus systems you most certainly require a high-performance bus analyser. Although Certified Profibus Training is one of the most...
by Kyle Roos | Mar 17, 2016 | IDX News
Recently IDX (based on its PROFIBUS know-how) had the privilege of visiting the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme to assist in the resolution of an issue preventing the completion of integration of vendor equipment from different suppliers at Unit 3. We were pleased to see...