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News Release from: The Profibus Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 August 2002
Competence centres to aid Profinet
deployment
Profibus International has founded the first Profinet Competence Centres in the USA and Germany, offering support for the use and development of Profinet devices.
Profibus International (PI) has founded the first Profinet Competence Centres in the USA and Germany, offering interested end-users and device manufacturers optimum support for the use and development of Profinet devices The Profinet Competence Centres have comprehensive knowledge of engineering and distributed automation systems with Profinet as well as intimate knowledge of the Profinet Runtime Software, the present version of which is available for download from the Profibus Group website
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Profinet Competence Centres are being established to help interested companies develop Profinet devices with expert assistance.
Each Profinet Competence Centre is committed to teaching the basics of the Profinet technology in seminars and workshops as well as providing detailed information to help developers and designers with porting and implementation of the Runtime Software for device development.
Just like the already established Profibus Competence Centres, The Profinet Competence Centres are an integral part of the quality assurance measures of Profibus International put in place to guarantee that only high-quality Profinet products will be introduced into the market.
The Profinet Competence Centres work closely with the Profinet core team and the Profnet test labs, which are in the process of being established.
The support of the Profinet Competence Centres will speed up the establishment of a viable Profinet product range.
Manufacturers of Profinet products as well as system integrators and plant equipment and machinery producers will therefore be able to adopt the new Profinet automation technology at an early stage.
The new Profinet Competence Centres are in Furth and Magdeburg, Germany and at Johnson City, USA.
The Profibus Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University will also be applying to become accredited as a Profinet Competence Centre to help UK companies take early advantage of the technology.
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