phase of implementation until the certification

PROFINET - The Leading Industrial Ethernet Protocol

With its real-time communication capabilities PROFINET is the leading Industrial Ethernet protocol for communication between devices in industrial automation systems. It ensures reliable data transmission, supports various network topologies, and provides device configuration and diagnostics.

PROFINET enhances productivity, efficiency, and flexibility in industrial processes. Be part of our community.

69.3

nodes in total

23.5

growth

10.6

new nodes

as of 2023

PROFINET Community Forum!

Connect with experts, exchange ideas, and explore industrial connectivity. Join the discussions regarding automation challenges with our international PROFINET community. Ask your questions, in English or your local language, and drive forward the revolution in industrial connectivity today!

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PROFINET Explained

Explore PROFINET, the leading Industrial Ethernet standard. Understand how it works, the underlying technology, its benefits and differentiators, its applications, support, the test & certification process for highest degree of interoperability, and stay updated on future events and training opportunities.

PROFINET Explained

Roadmap

Get an overview with the PROFINET roadmap and discover valuable innovations that are set to revolutionize industrial communication.

New Tests and Simplifications for PROFINET Tester

PI Press

PROFINET users rely on the high quality and interoperability of devices used in their systems and machines and have come to expect this in the continual further development of required functions. Device manufacturers, on the other hand, would like to have a flexibly implementable testing system offering easy and comprehensible operation.

PROFINET Tester

PROFIsafe and Virtualization

PI Press

Advancing digitalization in automation technology has experienced a significant innovation with the virtualization of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The experts of the PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) community have been intensively engaged with this dynamic field to provide sufficient support through standardized and certified industrial communication solutions.

PROFIsafe and Virtualization

Ethernet Protocol Leader PROFINET

PI Press

A current study by renowned market research institute Omdia is showing that PROFINET is still the leading technology in the Ethernet protocol field. The study is comprehensively analyzing current and future market distribution and is identifying PROFINET as the clear front-runner among well-known systems

Omdia Study

Highlights & Differentiators

Vertical Communication

PROFINET enables field level-based IO communication as well as TCP/IP communication over the same cable and in a consistent way.

All Industries

PROFINET is the leading industrial automation protocol for all manufacturing industries. It fulfills the communication technology requirements of discrete manufacturing industry processes including drive applications as well as the ones of the process industry processes including intrinsic safety applications.

Communication Technology & Information Models

PROFINET covers the communication technology level as well as information models, including detailed and meaningful diagnostics.

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