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News Release from: The Profibus Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 October 2001
Find out what Profibus can do at the UK
Conference
At the Profibus UK Conference on November 16th, delegates will be able to find just how Profibus addresses the present and future needs of manufacturing industry by embracing many IT standards
How should Ethernet be integrated into manufacturing processes? Is Profibus enough for modern manufacturing? Why is Profibus much more than just a network? The answers to these and many more questions will be revealed at the Profibus UK Conference on November 16th Delegates will be able to find just how Profibus addresses the present and future needs of manufacturing industry by embracing IT standards such as Ethernet, the Internet and DCOM
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Featuring speakers from the technical committees that develop the new Profibus profiles, the conference will provide in-depth coverage of such subjects as Profinet, Profisafe and Profidrive.
Wolfgang Stripf, Chairman of the Profibus Technical Committee 3 on Application Profiles will explain the thinking behind and the application of PROFIsafe while Ludwig Winkel, Chairman of the Profibus Technical Committee 4 Working Group on DCS Requirements will address such subjects as slave redundancy, the Profibus PA Profile and Electronic Device Description Language.
Other subjects to be covered include the Field Device Tool (FDT) and Device Type Managers (DTM) from Gareth Johnston of ABB; an explanation of the DP-V1 and DP-V2 Communication Profiles from Peter Reudiger of Softing; and a tutorial of fieldbus wiring and installation from Andy Verwer of the Profibus Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.
People wishing to find out more or register for the Conference should contact The Profibus Group.
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