Member Press Releases

Oscilloscope View: Sophisticated Troubleshooting Feature for Experts
Press release from member: Softing North America, on: Mar 19, 2012: Softing's best-in-class PROFIBUS Tester displays the signal quality levels of all connected nodes and the shape of the electrical signal of selected network nodes...
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Deutschmann Automation Certifies Profinet Gateways to Class B using Innovasic’s RapID™ Platform Solution
Press release from member: Innovasic, Inc., on: Mar 01, 2012: Deutschmann Automation and Innovasic are pleased to announce that the UNIGATE® IC and UNIGATE® CL gateway products have been certified to Profinet Class B. These products are based on Innovasic’s RapID Platform containing PriorityChannel™ technology – a technology that guarantees performance under all network load conditions...
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HARTING har-speed M12 X-Coding Connectors
Press release from member: HARTING Inc. of North America, on: Feb 26, 2012: With the har-speed M12, HARTING bases the Ethernet network on a sustainable M12 foundation. The har-speed M12 differs significantly from today’s M12 connectors for Ethernet because it is based on a 4-pair connector face with paired shielding. This allows the har-speed M12 to be used for Ethernet transfer rates up to 10 Gigabit...
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Beamex introduces a new measurement industry benchmark – an advanced field calibrator and communicator
Press release from member: Beamex, Inc., on: Feb 22, 2012: The new Beamex MC6 Advanced Field Calibrator and Communicator is a solution to the new process industry requirements. “We are extremely proud of the new MC6; it is the end-result of the largest product development project in Beamex’s nearly forty-year history”, Ahola summarizes the product development project. The MC6 is an advanced, high-accuracy field calibrator and communicator. It offers calibration capabilities for pressure, temperature and various electrical signals. The MC6 also contains a full fieldbus communicator for HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and Profibus PA instruments. The usability and ease-of-use are what really makes the MC6 unique. It has a large 5.7” color touch-screen with a multilingual user-interface. The robust IP65-rated dust- and water-proof casing, ergonomic design and light weight make it an ideal measurement device for field use in various industries, such as the pharmaceutical, energy, oil and gas, food and beverage, service as well as the petrochemical and chemical industries. ..
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Beamex releases version 2.7 of the Beamex® CMX Calibration Software
Press release from member: Beamex, Inc., on: Feb 22, 2012: Beamex has released new version of its Beamex® CMX Calibration Software (v2.7). The new version brings several new improvements and additions in terms of functionality and features of the product...
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Get a smarter, more efficient and accurate solution for calibrating!
Press release from member: Beamex, Inc., on: Feb 09, 2012: The Beamex® Integrated Calibration Solution (ICS) improves the quality and efficiency of the entire calibration process through faster, smarter and more accurate management of the calibration lifecycle; its assets and procedures! ..
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Advantech selects Innovasic’s Industrial Ethernet Solution for their Profinet Communication Coupler
Press release from member: Innovasic, Inc., on: Jan 15, 2012: Innovasic is pleased to announce that Advantech has selected the Innovasic fido1100 System on a Chip (SoC) solution to provide Profinet connectivity in their new APAX-5071 Profinet Communication Coupler. ..
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Trebing + Himstedt: Monitoring of Ethernet Networks
Press release from member: Trebing & Himstedt , on: Dec 20, 2011: The diagnostics solution now covers more than 80% of the Ethernet market..
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Topology Scan: How-to Benefit from the Correct Topology Information
Press release from member: Softing North America, on: Dec 16, 2011: Typically, during commissioning, PROFIBUS addresses are not assigned in the numerical order according to their position in the network. Softing's PROFIBUS Tester 4 allows you to determine (1) the correct physical location of each node in a given network, (2) the actual cable length, and (3) the actual distance between each node. After a successful topology scan, the PROFIBUS Tester 4 will display the signal quality graphs in the correct order. Only this feature allows you to rapidly localize problems in your network...
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Balluff introduces distributed modular I/O for PROFINET
Press release from member: Balluff, Inc., on: Nov 03, 2011: Expandable architecture for PROFINET controls applications..
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