Only PROFINET Component Based Automation allows you to see all your machines and devices in a single unified view for network wide communications diagnostics, simplified troubleshooting, and updates.

 

There is no need to open multiple engineering tools from different vendors to troubleshoot and apply a fix or make a change. PROFINET CBA gives you the framework to integrate communications from multiple vendors and view your entire network in a single unified view allowing you to see, plan and make modifications to your network graphically while:

 

• Visually highlighting device failures and pinpoint where they are on the network.
• Seamlessly identify failures across the network regardless of which communication network a device is on, and regardless of the vendor control platform.
• Eliminating the need for specialized knowledge of communications code and multiple engineering tools from different vendors
• Enabling engineers to connect “islands of automation,” while at the same time providing a single point of view for network performance and machine diagnostics.

 

Visibility to device communication rates and network performance will allow you to plan how long an update will take. And, reusing graphical components will allow you to leverage and re-use machine code when making changes or updates to the devices. PROFINET CBA’s graphic engineering tool also eliminates complex and redundant communication code development during the testing and startup of a new machine or line.