Security is now an essential part of every network, and PROFINET Security plays a central role in shaping how secure industrial networks are built and operated.

A new MinutePROFINET video describes Security Class 1 where we tighten up security for DCP and SNMP and protect GSD files. Spare a minute to watch.

Four new IO-Link products to announce this month: valve positioners from GEMÜ, laser distance sensors from SICK, absolute rotary encoders from Wachendorff, and incremental hollow-shaft encoders from Industrial Encoder Corp.

Register today for a PROFINET One-Day Training Class or IO-Link User Workshop in your area. Check out where we will be next.

The quality of PROFIsafe products depends highly on the the know-how of the product development teams and on the deployed methods and procedures. After analyzing participant know-how level from last year’s PROFIsafe Designer Training, we have decided to offer two separate trainings this year: Basic and Advanced.

Similar to how PROFIsafe is certified by TÜV SÜD, now IO-Link Safety is certified by TÜV SÜD. Read more about this important milestone.

Attend the IO-Link Forum in Paderborn, Germany on November 13 where the focus will be on IO-Link as the key to modernization.

Back in August, at the 29th AADECA Congress, representatives for PI in Argentina delivered a plenary session entitled “From Cable to Data: The New Language of Sensors”, addressing the impact of PROFINET at the field level in process control industries.