Siemens SIMATIC NET

Simatic Net is network resolutions based on industrial networks PROFInet, manufactured Ethernet, Profibus, AS-Interface, KNX.

Industrial Ethernet is a recognized international standard for organizing industrial communications. High-performance network that meets the requirements of the international norm IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet). Industrial Ethernet networks support CSMA/CD clash discovery.

PROFINET is an open and innovational Industrial Ethernet standard covering a wide range of requirements for the use of Ethernet in automation systems, a further development of the Industrial Ethernet network. PROFINET enables system-wide communication, supports enterprise-wide engineering and uses IT standards right down to the field level.

PROFIBUS (PROcess FIeld BUS) is an open field-level industrial network that meets the claims of international norms IEC 61 158 / EN 50 170, designed to build distributed I / O systems, as well as info swap betwixt automation schemes. With its advanced technology defined in international standards, PROFIBUS has become the world's leading fieldbus.

AS-Interface (Actuator Sensor Interface) is a field-level industrial network designed to build relatively simple distributed I/O systems at the level of individual machines and installations, meeting the demands of the international norms EN 50295 and IEC 62026-2. AS-Interface is an open world standard. It is maintained by many actuator and starter producers, united in the worldwide association of AS-Interface users.

The KNX standard is the world standard for building and facility management systems, a European installation bus. The KNX bus is a decentralized event control system with serial gearbox of control, control and signaling of operative functions and procedures over a common cable. Up to 64 devices (bus subscribers) can be physically connected to the minimum structural unit of a KNX system, a line. With the help of range clutches coupled to the so-called main line, up to 15 lines can be combined in one zone, bringing the total number of devices to 960. In turn, up to 15 zones can be combined into the hierarchy of the next level - area, using zone couplers installed in the so-called zone line.

Siemens SIMATIC NET Features

SIMATIC NET is the general name for a family of communication networks that combine SIEMENS programmable controllers, servers, workstations and personal computers. The network components of industrial nets are used to connect controllers, stations of distributed peripherals and human-machine interfaces.

Rapid development of new products, instant response to market requirements, increasing the efficiency and cost of production, optimizing the use of process equipment and reducing downtime can only be achieved with the coordinated use of all enterprise resources.

Such harmonization can only be achieved on the basis of reliable industrial communication both within a single company and outside it.

The use of industrial networks allows you to avoid obtaining isolated solutions in the field of automation and information technology, as well as provide:

Free distribution of information from the level of sensors and actuators to the level of company management.
Access to information from any places.
High-speed info interchange between individual sections enterprises.
Easy configuration and efficient diagnostics.
Data protection from unauthorized access.

The use of network solutions in the field of automation allows you to reduce the expenses of setting, service and diagnostics of all equipment. Smart devices management independently perform their local tasks and support network communication with other control devices. In order to combine various automation systems and expand them, it is very important to issues of openness and flexibility of the used network solutions. For this reason, a number of international committees is engaged in the development of standards for the organization of industrial communications.

SIMATIC NET components are the ideal basis for industrial communications organizations and include:

cable products;
active and passive chains compositions;
interfaces for connecting industrial computers, programmers and automation systems to industrial networks;
gateway devices for organizing data exchange between various industrial networks;
network configuration software;
maintenance and diagnostic software.