![What are PROFINET I&M Records? [Tech Tip]](https://profinews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/iM3-150x150.jpg)
Have you used I&M records during a PROFINET project? I&M records are data blocks stored internally in each PROFINET device. The records contain useful information about a particular device and might be expanded to provide further detail. Learn about PROFINET I&M data records with this article.
In cooperation with the OPC Foundation, PI has completed the technical work for “OPC Unified Architecture, Part 15: Safety”. It allows for vendor-neutral failsafe machine-to-machine communication that until now had been missing.
Understanding how the ‘black channel principle’ ensures safety-related messages get from their source to their destination and IO-Link’s role in simplifying the sensor-to-cloud connection are two trends to watch in 2020 and beyond.
The joint stand of PI at the SPS 2019 trade show will feature the implementation of industrial communication for Industry 4.0. PI and more than 120 other exhibitors are looking forward to your visit and having interesting discussions!
There are lots of new products to announce this month from the following companies: Balluff, Bürkert, Encoder Products Company, KEB, Micro-Epsilon, ProSoft, PROVERTHA, and Siemens. Learn more about these new PROFIBUS, PROFINET, and IO-Link products!
Wireless communications open up a variety of applications that are difficult or impossible with cabling. PROFINET enables wireless connections without limitations, even with safety messages. This White Paper introduces industrial wireless communications and describes wireless topologies and features available in PROFINET networks.
Consistent digitalization and standardized horizontal and vertical data exchange are two main factors for comprehensive Industry 4.0 implementation. Robust, real-time capable communication technologies, like PROFINET, form the basis of such implementation. PI is following promising Industry 4.0 trends and recognizing what is relevant and vital for the sustainability of PI technologies.
![What is “PROFINET Shared Device”? [Tech Tip]](https://profinews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/robot-2791670_1280-150x150.jpg)
The PROFINET Shared Device feature gives multiple PROFINET Controllers access to the same I/O Device. But what benefits might users gain by employing such a feature? And how would they do it? Learn about PROFINET Shared Device by reading this Tech Tip!
