PROFIBUS DP and PROFINET IO – the intelligent communication interfaces of ZUMBACH

For years the PROFIBUS DP and PROFINET IO industrial fieldbus standards have been used successfully for communication between devices of different manufacturers in automated production lines. With a new update to its PROFIBUS DP interface, ZUMBACH is raising the usability of its devices to a new level. In addition, PROFINET IO Industrial Ethernet is now available for the entire ZUMBACH family of devices.   In industrial production, numerous automation, engineering and visualisation systems are connected to a bus. The PROFIBUS interface enables centralised control of all devices involved in the production process as well as many standard diagnostic functions – and all this via a secure and fast connection (up to 12 Mbps). The cyclic collection and preparation and reliable evaluation of the measuring data via the interface has a significant effect on the quality of the quality monitoring. ZUMBACH's communication via PROFIBUS DP not only significantly improves the workflow between individual production units. It also requires little hardware (one engineering tool for all devices), thus reducing investment and service costs. Thanks to the bus topology, sensors can be coupled and uncoupled during operation. Practically every ZUMBACH device is available for use in PROFIBUS DP structures - directly or via a PROFIBUS interface. Through the use of an intelligent ZUMBACH protocol, the complete functionality of each ZUMBACH sensor is fully supported from the initialisation step all the way to the actual data exchange.
  Specifically, the Profibus firmware has been adapted and the GSD file has been significantly improved. Now it provides for an easier, faster and more cost-effective installation: - Easy drag-and-drop installation: install device-specific language version of the GSD file (DE, FR; EN), then drag ZUMBACH device to the user interface of the customer. - Actual value acquisition: operational readiness with two inputs thanks to device-specific parameters, very easy to add measured quantities/modules
PROFINET IO - the successor to PROFIBUS DP - is designed for data exchange between Ethernet-based field devices. The open Industrial Ethernet standard meets the increasing demands of automation reliably and sustainably with optimum flexibility, efficiency and performance. We have developed a new GSDML file for PROFINET. This makes the implementation of PROFIBUS and PROFINET easy and practically identical. New: taking into consideration the compatibility with PROFINET and today's standards, the communication of the ZUMBACH device families has been fundamentally revised. As a result, it is much easier to integrate ZUMBACH devices.      
Photo: Selection of gauges with Profibus/Profinet interface