netFIELD App PROFINET Device – Seamless integration of edge devices into PROFINET networks
Hattersheim, 15. Jan. 2025 – Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH has released a new container app for connecting PROFINET networks to IIoT applications, the netFIELD App PROFINET Device. The app enables users to upgrade any PROFINET network with an edge gateway that functions as a PROFINET IO device and exchanges its PROFINET data with an MQTT broker.
The app is particularly interesting because PROFINET is one of the most widely used industrial communication protocols in the world. The PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) expects the number of PROFINET network nodes to grow by 10.6 million to a total of 69.3 million nodes by 2023. And with the increasing digitalization of production facilities worldwide, the need to process PROFINET-IIoT is also increasing to the same extent.
Who benefits from the new netFIELD app?
The new netFIELD app is aimed at all users who want to exchange PROFINET IO data between a PROFINET controller and IIoT applications that use MQTT as a data interface.
What does the app need to operate?
NRP H90 (preloaded)
Ultracompact netX 90 design - tested and loaded completely
COMX 100CA-RE
Flexible communication module for automation
CIFX M224290BM-RE\F
Communication for PC-based automation
CIFX M3042100BM-RE\F
Communication for PC-based automation
Application example: Integration into a PROFINET network
As a PROFINET device, the app ensures reliable exchange of process data with a PROFINET controller, such as a PLC. The trick: users receive simple and efficient access to the data via MQTT messages. This opens up a wide range of possibilities for connecting smart services such as analysis tools. Production processes can be optimized with minimal integration effort, for example by detecting deviations at an early stage or evaluating behavioural rules to increase productivity - tasks that are not usually performed by a PLC.
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