HomeMichael BowneExecutive Director, PI North AmericaIIoTAnswering the Top 7 Questions About ProfinetWe get a lot of questions here at PI North America from end users, distributors, system integrators, and device vendors. Here are our answers to the questions we get asked most.ControlProcess Control Communication: More Than Just APLEthernet-APL receives a lot of attention for its ability to bring Ethernet-based communications and power to devices in hazardous zones. But a physical layer and some data do not make a complete solution.RoboticsA Uniform Interface for RobotsOnce again, a group of companies has banded together to create a vendor-independent standard and found a home in Profibus International to promote, harmonize, and certify their technology.Business IntelligenceInformation Models: Defining Data and RelationsAs ever-more amounts of manufacturing data are being used at enterprise IT levels, the challenge of easily accessing, collecting, and processing that data is growing. To tackle this challenge, the power of information models has become clear.
