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Listing of all 120 news releases from The Profibus Group:

Specification boosts IO-Link deployment

PI's integration specification forms the basis for the wider deployment of IO-Link in Profibus and Profinet systems.

News from The Profibus Group (13 May 2008)

1.14 Profinet nodes have been installed worldwide

By the end of 2007, 1.14 million Profinet nodes had already been installed in various applications.

News from The Profibus Group (24 April 2008)

Workshops explain Profibus and Profinet monitoring

Workshop sessions will demonstrate the application of diagnostics and health checking tools, in four sessions covering both Profibus PA and DP installations and Profinet installations.

News from The Profibus Group (18 April 2008)

Profibus conference schedule goes online

Case studies outlining user experience from recent UK Profibus installations will include a description of the electric monorail system installed at Cummins Engines.

News from The Profibus Group (19 March 2008)

Conference makes fieldbus upgrades easy

Profibus UK's annual conference will cover latest developments in both Profibus and Profinet technology for factory and process automation.

News from The Profibus Group (26 February 2008)

New publication establishes drive standard

IEC 61800-7-303 specifies the mapping of the Profidrive profile defined in IEC 61800-7-203 on the communication systems Profibus DP (chapter 4) and ProfiNET IO (chapter 5).

News from The Profibus Group (30 January 2008)

Course to explain Profinet

The Profibus Group is organising the first ever Certified Profinet Engineer Course to be held in the UK.

News from The Profibus Group (25 January 2008)

Consistent Ethernet use cuts automation costs

Profinet is developing into the best performing Ethernet system in industrial automation systems.

News from The Profibus Group ( 4 January 2008)

Certification eases interoperability

The Profinet IO-Tester supports the preparation of Profinet certification tests and contains automated test cases, which are also used for certification in test laboratories.

News from The Profibus Group (10 September 2007)

Conference provides software experience

Delegates from the Profibus user community spent two days in discussions with speakers and exhibitors at the Profibus International Conference and Exhibition.

News from The Profibus Group (23 July 2007)

Profisafe goes wireless

Version 2.4 of the Profisafe profile describes the conditions for the functionally safe transmission of data via WLAN and Bluetooth.

News from The Profibus Group (11 June 2007)

Presentation details released for conference

The Profibus International User group Conference will hear a report on some of the challenges facing a contractor in the water industry.

News from The Profibus Group ( 7 June 2007)

Fieldbus integration work continues

Fieldbus Integration has started work on integrating the HART and FF communication systems for process automation.

News from The Profibus Group ( 1 June 2007)

Conference allows Profibus discussion

A presentation at the Profibus User Conference will explain the diagnostic/maintenance data that can be found within intelligent field devices using Profibus PA.

News from The Profibus Group (31 May 2007)

User meeting provides hands-on experience

The Profibus User group meeting will teach delegates how to avoid common, but potentially expensive, installation problems.

News from The Profibus Group ( 8 May 2007)

Training courses cover Profibus and more

Profibus and related training courses are conducted at the Profibus Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.

News from The Profibus Group (11 April 2007)

Profibus Group provides glimpse of conference

The full conference programme and abstracts of the Profibus International User Conference 2007 are now on the web.

News from The Profibus Group ( 2 April 2007)

Downloadable guidelines aid cabling

Profibus guidelines provide information about all standard connector types and connection methods and the various assembly steps are illustrated in the form of text and images.

News from The Profibus Group (21 February 2007)

Fieldbus networks keep baggage systems running

User application article Marco Polo Airport, Venice, uses redundant Profibus DP fieldbus networks on the high-availability baggage handling system that processes up to 4000 items of luggage per hour.