Suppliers
unified for field device integration
The latest news on FDI
To
accelerate deployment of the Field Device Integration (FDI) technology, Key
Suppliers agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team and will
become the FDI Cooperation.
This cooperation will initially consist of the
associations: FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communications Foundation,
OPC Foundation and PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation, as well as the companies ABB,
Emerson, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Siemens, and Yokogawa.
The FDI project was kicked-off at 2007 Hanover Fair.
At this time ECT welcomed FDT Group with the primary objective of harmonizing
EDDL and FDT/DTM technologies.
The addition of supplier companies will strengthen this
effort by providing additional resources for the completion of this project.
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Greetings!
Welcome to the latest edition of PROFINEWS UK. I hope you like the new format and are finding it informative.
Please let me know what you think of the newsletter and any suggestions you may have for improvement. Email me your comments
Bob Squirrell,
PROFIBUS Group Chairman
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PROFIenergy ensures energy efficiency
After
less than one year of development time, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET
International) is now introducing PROFIenergy - a trendsetting PROFINET-based
solution for energy management of production equipment.
In
order to achieve a harmonized and standardized procedure for energy management,
representatives of AIDA (the Automation Initiative of German Automobile
Manufacturers) requested PI about a year ago to develop a solution. As part of
this solution, equipment is to be switched off not only during idle times, such
as weekends and holidays. Rather, it must also be possible to switch off
individual equipment components or entire systems during brief as well as unscheduled
pauses.
PROFIenergy,
the vendor-neutral energy savings profile now available, allows operators to
achieve effective energy management. The profile can be integrated into
individual components (for example, robots, lasers, controllers, or drives) by
means of a firmware update.
PI is meeting the requests of users who called for
a standardized operator input for parameterization, runtime, and diagnostics.
The working group, which includes device manufacturers and various
institutes and users, placed special emphasis on the suitability of the profile
for real-world application from the outset. This is an important requirement
for rapid implementation of PROFIenergy in products and solutions. Based on the
high level of customer interest, implementation into products is expected in
2010.
Members of PROFIBUS International (PI) can download the Profile from the web at http://www.profibus.com/nc/downloads/downloads/common-application-profile-profienergy/display/
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Training places available ... 
There are still a few places available on the following scheduled courses at MMU. Note, these are the last scheduled courses available until the new year.
PROFIBUS
Installer + Commissioning & Maintenance
Course - 8-9 December
Covers the practical techniques of faultfinding on "operational"
PROFIBUS networks. Techniques
taught on the course include the use of a modern PROFIBUS analyser and Class-II
master (engineering tool) to diagnose network faults, device faults and I/O
problems. Students also learn how to use a soft digital storage oscilloscope in
conjunction with these tools to diagnose and accurately locate cable, connection
and device faults.
Testimonials
Registration form for all the above courses or call Ann on 00 44 207 193 8018
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New Literature &
3D Animations from Burkert
 UK member company B�rkert has announced the availability of a comprehensive range of new technical leaflets and brochures available free in hard copy or
to download as PDFs from their website at www.burkert.co.uk According to Burkert UK, these include their "eagerly awaited
Sensors, Transmitters and Controllers Brochure". Each measured process variable
has information to help in the choice of the correct equipment for your project.
In addition there are also new Product
Benefit Flyers for the pneumatic
valve island 8640 and
the AirLINE automation system for use with Siemens, Wago, Phoenix and Rockwell equipment. These are available to download or on request by emailing marketing.uk@burkert.com.
Visitors to the website can
also interact with the illustrations in the documents, using the latest 3D animations which can be moved, turned or zoomed in and out using a mouse.
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type in the world, with a network of regional offices and
over 1400 globally-based member companies. PI also has a network of competence
centers, training and test organizations that contribute to and support
developers, integrators and end users. No other fieldbus organization has a 'community'
better able to support the automation market and its end users with
solutions designed to help manufacturing enterprises maximize profits.
So why not join us? It's relatively inexpensive
and brings many attractive and cost-saving benefits.
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