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10 factores para tener en cuenta cuando se realiza un diagnóstico de un sistema de bus de campo

Texto original por Mirko Torrez Contreras Hace un tiempo atrás, como parte de un viaje de capacitación y certificación sobre redes PROFINET auspiciado por la firma Indu-sol , tuvimos la interesante experiencia de participar en un trabajo de ampliación y montaje de nuevos segmentos de red PROFIBUS DP en una empresa ubicada cerca de Hamburgo, […]

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Echando un poco de luz sobre el uso de fibra óptica en PROFIBUS

Traducción autorizada del Tech Tip publicado en Profinews 161, 10 de enero de 2018. Texto original por Mirko Torrez Contreras, con colaboración de Peter Thomas y Michael Bowne Siempre usamos los valores por defecto… Al analizar algunos problemas de comunicación en las redes PROFIBUS DP de un cliente, me di cuenta de que los valores […]

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Tech Tip: Using Fiber Optics in PROFIBUS

Got an article published in the February 2018 PROFINews newsletter!!!!

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PITC/PICC Argentina: An account of our first five months

The first PITC/PICC (PROFIBUS & PROFINET INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCE CENTER) located in Argentina started its operations in May 2017, with a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Engineer course. Since that first time experience we have hosted two Certified PROFINET Engineer courses, a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Installer course, a Certified PROFINET Installer course and finally, […]

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PROFIBUS and PROFINET Regional News – July 2017: Help and support in Argentina

News from around the world includes a new PI Competence Center and PI Training Center in Argentina, events in Brazil, and a Profibus & Profinet Day in Italy. Argentina The first PI Training Center (PITC) and PI Competence Center (PICC) was accredited by PI in Argentina at Autex S.A., a Siemens Premier Partner located in […]

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Siemens approach to the Smart IO concept: the Simatic Compact Field Unit (Simatic CFU)

(Snapshots from the near future: Part 4) Introduction: The Next Generation Control System Initiative A couple of years ago, while reading an online magazine or a web page, I found out the initial details of the so-called Exxon Mobil’s Next Generation Control System initiative (let’s call it the NGCS).f This initiative originated in the following […]

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Innovations in I/O systems: Rockwell updates the Flex I/O Ex (Snapshots from the near future: Part 3)

Highlights of the Hannover Messe The bumpy road towards the digital process plant The current trend towards digitization that is taking over the Industrial Automation world has been somewhat slower in the conservative Process Automation market. The digital fieldbus protocols that seemed to be destined to conquer the process plants (Foundation Fieldbus and PROFIBUS PA), […]

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Certifícate en PROFINET en Julio

Recientemente certificada por PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) como Centro de Entrenamiento y de Competencia (PITC/PICC) para las tecnologías de buses de campo PROFIBUS® y PROFINET®, la empresa AUTEX S.A. acerca al mercado latinoamericano un espacio destinado a brindar soporte técnico, capacitación, certificación, asesoramiento y servicios de diagnóstico preventivo y predictivo para redes basadas en […]

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New approaches in Profibus DP and PA components (Snapshots from the near future: Part 2)

An undergoing migration Wandering around at the Hannover Messe, I visited the Phoenix Contact booth. The vast product portfolio of this company is somewhat overwhelming and covers a lot more fields of application than humanly possible. Being my focus on Process Automation, I checked out their new offerings on PROFIBUS networking. The current trend in […]

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This isn’t funny anymore….

Until a few days ago, the majority of the current Trump administration actions and policies affected mostly US citizens. Last week’s Middle East and Europe trip was troubling for other reasons, such as the “tremendous” arms sale to Saudi Arabia, a country really as far away from the democratic ideals of the USA Founding Fathers […]

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