Title :
PLC Communication using PROFINET: Experimental Results and Analysis
Author :
Antolovic, M. ; Acton, K. ; Kalappa, N. ; Mantri, S. ; Parrott, J. ; Luntz, J. ; Moyne, J. ; Tilbury, D.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Res. Center for RMS, Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
PROFINET is the industrial Ethernet standard devised by PROFIBUS International for "Ethernet on the plant floor". PROFINET allows to implement a comprehensive communications solution on Ethernet which includes peer-to-peer communication between controllers, distributed I/O, machine safety, motion control and data acquisition. In this paper an analysis is conducted on the peer-to-peer interlocking performance based on PROFINET specification. Tests were performed to determine the performance of the peer-to-peer communication mechanism, to evaluate the impact of switches on the system, and to measure the impact of data size on peer-to-peer communication performance. The paper summarizes the test results.
Keywords :
local area networks; peer-to-peer computing; production engineering computing; programmable controllers; telecommunication standards; PLC communication; PROFINET specification; data acquisition; distributed I/O; industrial Ethernet standard; machine safety; motion control; peer-to-peer communication performance; peer-to-peer interlocking performance; plant floor; Communication system control; Data acquisition; Distributed control; Ethernet networks; Motion control; Peer to peer computing; Performance analysis; Programmable control; Safety; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9758-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2006.355195
