
In this section you'll find several sets of downloadable files, ranging from simple forms to join PI to executables to help you engineer and commission PROFIBUS and PROFINET devices. Much of it is free, although to get some files you'll need to join PI to gain access. The 'key' icon tells you which file needs a password.
In the white paper 'Enhancing the High Performance of PROFINET', the performance capabilities of PROFINET are specified. The project 'Real-Time Ethernet in the Sensor/Actor Networking', which is promoted by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), examined the potential of state-of-the-art real-time Ethernet systems. The project has come to the conclusion that today PROFINET already represents the most efficient Ethernet system for virtually all applications.
