Adding IoT value through passive PROFINET network data tapping
Hattersheim, 30. Mar. 2023 – Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH is expanding its IoT portfolio with the containerized application netFIELD App PROFINET Tap. The application functions as a software gateway. It retrieves process data from a PROFINET network without relying on a PLC and converts the data into the MQTT protocol. By feeding the data into analysis software, plant operators can benefit from the data with minimal integration effort: For example, through early detection of anomalies in production processes or by optimizing processes after their analysis to increase productivity.
The container automatically identifies the PROFINET network topology during a network startup phase or prepares it topologically in its integrated web interface. Alternatively, the user can prepare the topology himself via the GSDML file. Users then individually define in the network tree which process data is to be published to an MQTT broker.
Key Facts about Hilscher's netFIELD App PROFINET Tap
Tapping data on the industrial network without impacting the network can be done using a standard managed switch with a mirror port, and forwarded to any Gbit Ethernet-capable container host. Alternatively, the data can also be fed into the container context via container systems with an integrated industrial network interface. This requires the use of netX-based communication solutions such as PC cards or embedded modules. Hilscher’s netMIRROR can be used whenever you want to avoid interrupting the PROFINET network, for example in the event of power failures of the container host.
- Continuous or interval-based sampling of PROFINET networks
- Data input protocol: PROFINET
- Data output protocol: MQTT
- MQTT Publisher Interval: Minimum 1ms
- Data distribution to any MQTT broker
- Data throughput depending on processor performance
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