Mead O’Brien
Get industrial on the plant-floor
This online article, “Industrial Ethernet explained,” covers many strategies for hardening and protecting Ethernet for use on plant-floors and other harsh environments, such as deploying M-12 cables and connectors, and using Power over Ethernet (PoE), Profinet and several other communication protocols.
Eaton
All about Profinet and Profinet
This 222-page book, “Catching the process fieldbus” by James Powell and Henry Vandelinde, provides a comprehensive look at bus networks, Profibus and Profinet protocols, physical layers and network components, installation design, commissioning, asset management and network health.
Siemens
Talking to variable-speed drives
This 51-minute video, “Weg webinar—fieldbus communication for variable-speed drives,” covers controls, physical layers and protocols, RS-485, Modbus and Modbus TCP/IP, and CANopen and BACnet protocols.