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Profibus

Profibus (usually styled as PROFIBUS, as a portmanteau for Process Field Bus) is a standard for fieldbus communication in automation technology and was first promoted in 1989 by BMBF (German department of education and research) and then used by Siemens. It should not be confused with the Profinet standard for Industrial Ethernet. Profibus is openly…

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Device addressing
DIP switch or hardware/software
Governing body
PROFIBUS&PROFINET International (PI)
Network topology
Bus
Physical media
Twisted pair, fiber
Type of network
Device bus, industrial process control

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Profibus

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples75
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Profibus

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related to Profiles · 17
Profibus → Encoders, Functional Safety, HART, Intelligent, Laboratory, Motion Control, Numerically Controlled, Other, PI, PROFIBUS PA, PROFIdrive, Profiles, PROFIsafe, Robots, There, They, User
related to Origin · 15
Profibus → Decentralised Peripherals, Field, First, For, Germany, I/O, Marco Todaro, Message Specification, PROFIBUS DP, Profibus FMS, Profibus Masters, PROFIBUS PA, Subsequently, The, There
related to Organization · 14
Profibus → Europe, In, PI, PNO, PROFIBUS Schweiz, PROFIBUS User Organisation, PROFINET Associations, Profinet International, Regional PROFIBUS, RPAs, Switzerland, The PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation, This, Today
related to Bit-transmission layer (OSI-Layer 1) · 11
Profibus → Bit, EIA-485, Manchester Bus Powered, Mbit/s, PROFIBUS DP, PROFIBUS PA, The, This, Three, With, With MBP
related to Data link layer (OSI-Layer 2) · 9
Profibus → Data Link, Each, FDL, Field, In, PROFIBUS DP, SYN, The, There
Device addressing · 1
Profibus → DIP switch or hardware/software
Governing body · 1
Profibus → PROFIBUS&PROFINET International (PI)
Network topology · 1
Profibus → Bus
Physical media · 1
Profibus → Twisted pair, fiber
Type of network · 1
Profibus → Device bus, industrial process control

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dp automation used process bus pa communication profinet use field devices transmission data profiles network via standard also technology protocol

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ProfibusDevice addressingDIP switch or hardware/software1.00infobox
ProfibusGoverning bodyPROFIBUS&PROFINET International (PI)1.00infobox
ProfibusNetwork topologyBus1.00infobox
ProfibusPhysical mediaTwisted pair, fiber1.00infobox
ProfibusType of networkDevice bus, industrial process control1.00infobox
using HARTinstance ofProfiles also exist for applications0.80text
wireless with PROFIBUSinstance ofProfiles also exist for applications0.80text
and process automation devices via PROFIBUS PAinstance ofProfiles also exist for applications0.80text
Profibusrelated to Bit-transmission layer (OSI-Layer 1)Three0.60section
Profibusrelated to Bit-transmission layer (OSI-Layer 1)With0.60section
Profibusrelated to Bit-transmission layer (OSI-Layer 1)EIA-4850.60section
Profibusrelated to Bit-transmission layer (OSI-Layer 1)Bit0.60section

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