Management and diagnostics for Profinet networks

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Quelle: Softing Industrial Automation | Lukas Dehling, 13.03.2019, 00:30

Management and diagnostics for Profinet networks

Softing has launched an extended version of the Profinet commissioning and diagnostic tool 'Analyzer IE'. The current version is called Analyzer Pro and enables the measurement of passive parameters, which provides a more detailed insight into the Profinet network.

x9_Updated version of the diagnostic tool Analyzer IE from Softing

The tool contains a TAP device (Terminal Access Point), called 'profiTap', which records network communication such as jitter, load ratio and subscriber update rate. These so-called passive parameters cannot be determined through active communication with devices. profiTap is used to analyze the data traffic to and from the controller and record the network communication. The recorded parameters are integrated into the acceptance report. In this way, an additional level of information is added to the report. 'Analyzer Pro' is a combination of the Softing products 'TH Scope Software' and 'TH Link PC'. The generated acceptance reports comply with the recommendations of the 'Profinet Commissioning Guideline' from Profibus & Profinet International (PI). In addition to the Profinet standard, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP and Profibus are supported.

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