AS-Interface and Profibus come together

An AS-Interface product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 6, 2006

The AS-Interface UK Expert Alliance will attend the third UK Profibus conference at Coombe Abbey to emphasise the excellent partnership potential of the two technologies.

The AS-Interface UK Expert Alliance, the official association of AS-Interface vendors and users in the UK marketplace, will attend the third UK Profibus conference at Coombe Abbey on 27th and 28th June 2006.

The aim is to emphasise the excellent partnership potential of the two technologies.

AS-Interface will have a booth in the tabletop exhibition running alongside the conference and will be presenting a paper about the networking benefits of using the two technologies side by side based on real-life applications.

Expert Alliance Chairman Geoff Hodgkinson said: "AS-Interface has an installed base of around 12-13 million devices and dominates the device level networking arena".

"This number is only slightly less than Profibus, which dominates the higher level fieldbus market".

"The two technologies work superbly well together, with AS-Interface providing connectivity for low level devices such as sensors, actuators and functional safety elements such as emergency stops".

Data from an AS-interface network is easily passed upwards into a Profibus network, providing transparent connectivity for higher level control systems.

Profibus UK Chairman Bob Squirrell said: "We are delighted to welcome the Expert Alliance onboard".

"For many years the two technologies have worked side by side to bring massive benefits for automation users".

"We know that AS-Interface can link with other fieldbus solutions too but the fact is that Profibus plus AS-Interface is probably the world's best known combination".

"We are therefore proud to be presenting them at our event".

"Having the two together will also offer a more compelling attraction for delegates".

"Where else today could you go to see two world beaters in action together?".

Hodgkinson continued: "It's a natural step for us to attend the Profibus event".

"We'll have working Profibus plus AS-Interface networks on show and we'll be explaining the latest developments, including our V3 specification which considerably extends AS-I functionality in areas such as parameterisation, data exchange, analogue connectivity and higher node counts".

"We'll also be showing the AS-I SW technology which is a even less costly, fully compatible, AS-Interface solution for connecting switches and indicators inside control cabinets".

"This technology is new to the English market".

"In the conference our paper will focus on the functional safety benefits of using the two technologies together".

Members of the UK Expert Alliance are: Belcom, Burkert Flow Control, Bihl + Wiedemann, LCA/Functional Safety Engineering, IDEC, IMI Norgren, Johnson Mathey, Kinetrol, Kuhnke UK, Manchester Metropolitan University, Siemens, Sigmapi, Tyco Valves and Controls and Wago.

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