In a statement at the recent SPS/IPC/DRIVES show in Nuremberg, November, Roland Bent of Phoenix Contact announced that the company will support PROFInet as its preferred Ethernet solution. Interbus technology will now be adapted to fit in with the PROFInet environment.
Phoenix Contact has decided to direct its efforts consistently towards PROFInet technologies and to work in close cooperation with PNO and its member companies to further develop this technology.
"This not only concerns the products of Phoenix Contact," says Bent, "but also necessitates the integration of Interbus technology into PROFInet. In this way the two standard fieldbus systems will be consolidated into one Ethernet platform."
This responds to the demands of large user groups such as the automotive industry, he said, referring to a recent call from the German automotive industry association, VDA, asking manufacturers to develop a standardised Ethernet-based solution since: "only in this way do we see a real advantage to the end user."
Phoenix Contact will now 'extrapolate' the advantages of Interbus to the PROFInet world. Product implementation will be seen in gateways and proxies, as well as control systems and I/O modules coupling directly with PROFInet. Engineering tools will also be developed.
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