by IDX Team | Oct 10, 2011 | Articles, IDX StarNET, Modbus, Products, PROFIBUS, Technologies
We have recently designed a gateway for one of our clients that allows them to use their old GEM80-400 PLC to control PROFIBUS devices. Their upgrade procedure requires the old system to run in parallel with the new system so they needed a gateway that was completely...
by IDX Team | Mar 5, 2011 | Anybus ProfiHub, Anybus ProfiTrace, Case Studies, Products, PROFIBUS
For some of you, when you hear the word “PROFIBUS” you might cringe because of the problems you may have faced in the past with this fieldbus. When I hear PROFIBUS, I hear adventure, a new challenge and a new solution. I recently travelled to an African country known...
by IDX Team | Feb 28, 2011 | Anybus ComBricks, Anybus ProfiTrace, Articles, Permanent Monitoring, Products, PROFIBUS, Solutions
COMbricks™ – The first PROFIBUS and PROFINET-based automation system that unites network components, permanent monitoring with ProfiTrace and remote I/O.COMbricks is a modular system that allows a mix of automation components on a backplane. Repeater modules can...
by IDX Team | Jan 14, 2011 | Articles, PROFIBUS
We are constantly faced with comments about Profibus network problems where the consensus is pure frustration. Helping out with different industries, ranging from precious metals to tissue paper, we have found common issues that if corrected and avoided, all problems...
by IDX Team | Sep 6, 2010 | Case Studies, Data Exchange, PROFIBUS, Solutions
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 list (as most engineers) is documentation and I’ll be honest, blogging wasn’t even on my list, so this is a big step for me… I trust and...
