Regional PROFIBUS Associations

PROFIBUS Belgium
August Reyerslaan 80
1030 Brussels
Phone: ++32 2 706 80 00
Fax: ++32 2 706 80 09
Email: belgium@profibus.com
Associacao PROFIBUS Brazil
c/o Siemens Ltda IND1 AS
R. Cel. Bento Bicudo, 111
05069-900 Sao Paolo, SP
Phone: ++55 11 3833 4958
Fax: ++555 11 3833 4183
Email: brazil@profibus.com
Chinese PROFIBUS User Organisation
c/o China Ass. for Mechatronics Technology
and Applications
1Jiaochangkou Street Deshengmenwai
100011 Bejing
Phone: ++86 10 62 02 92 18
Fax: ++86 10 62 01 78 73
Email: china@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Association Czech Republic
Karlovo nam. 13
12135 Prague 2
Phone: ++420 2 2435 7610
Fax: ++420 2 2435 7610
Email: czechrepublic@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Denmark
Maaloev Byvej 19 - 23
2760 Maaloev
Phone: ++45 40 78 96 36
Fax: ++45 44 97 77 36
Email: denmark@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Finland
c/o AEL Automaatio
Kaarnatie 4
00410 Helsinki
Phone: ++35 8 9 5307259
Fax: ++35 8 9 5307360
Email: finland@profibus.com
France PROFIBUS
4, rue des Colonels Renard
75017 Paris
Phone: ++33 1 45 74 63 22
Fax: ++33 1 45 74 03 33
Email: france@profibus.com

PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation
Haid-und-Neu-Str. 7
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: ++49 721 96 58 590
Fax: ++49 721 96 58 589
Email: germany@profibus.com
Irish PROFIBUS User Group
c/o Flomeaco Endress + Hauser
Clane Business Park, Kilcock Road
Clane, Co. Kildare
Phone: ++353 45 868615
Fax: ++353 45 868182
Email: ireland@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Network Italia
Via Branze, 38
25123 Brescia
Phone: ++39 030 338 4030
Fax: ++39 030 396 999
pni@profibus.com
Japanese PROFIBUS Organisation
TFT building West 9F
3-1 Ariake Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-8072
Phone: ++81 3 3570 3034
Fax: ++81 3 3570 3064
Email: japan@profibus.com
Korea PROFIBUS Association
#306, Sungduk Bldg
1606-3,Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu
Seoul 137-070, Korea
Phone: ++82 2 523 5143
Fax: ++82 2 523 5149
Email: korea@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Nederland
P.O. Box 2099
3800 CB Amersfoort
Phone: ++31 33 469 0507
Fax: ++31 33 461 6638
Email: netherlands@profibus.com
PROFIBUS User Organisation Norway
c/o AD Elektronikk AS
Haugenveien 2
1401 Ski
Phone: ++47 909 88640
Fax: ++47 904 05509
Email: norway@profibus.com
PROFIBUS User Organisation Russia
c/o Vera + Association
Nikitinskaya str, 3
105037 Moscow, Russia
Phone: ++7 095 742 68 28
Fax: ++7 095 742 68 29
Email: russia@profibus.com

PROFIBUS Slovakia
c/o Dept. of Automation KAR FEI STU
Slovak Technical University
Ilkoviova 3
812 19 Bratislava
Phone: ++ 421 2 6029 1411
Fax: ++ 421 2 6542 9051
Email: slovakia@profibus.com

PROFIBUS
Automation Technology

PROFIBUS Association South East Asia

2 Kallang Sector
349277 Singapore
Phone: ++65 6740 7607
Fax: ++65 6740 7141
Email: southeastasia@profibus.com
PROFIBUS User Organisation Southern Africa
5 Commerce Crescent West,
Eastgate Ext. 13
Sandton 2146
Phone: ++27 11 262 8000
Fax: ++27 11 262 8062
Email: southernafrica@profibus.com
PROFIBUS i Sverige
Kommandrsgatan 3
28135 Hssleholm
Phone: ++46 4 51 49 460
Fax: ++46 4 51 89 833
Email: sweden@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Schweiz
Kreuzfeldweg 9
4562 Biberist
Phone: ++41 32 672 03 25
Fax: ++41 32 672 03 26
Email: switzerland@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Thai Association
Charn Issara Tower II, 31st Floor
2922 / 283 New Petchburi Road
10310 Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok
Phone: ++662 715-45 70
Fax: ++662 715-48 41
Email: thailand@profibus.com
The PROFIBUS Group
Unit 6 Oleander Close, Locks Heath,
Southampton, Hants, SO31 6WG
Phone: ++44 1489 589 574
Fax: ++44 1489 589 574
Email: uk@profibus.com
PROFIBUS Trade Organization, PTO
16101 N. 82nd Street, Suite 3B
Scottsdale, AZ 85260 USA
Phone: ++1 480 483 2456
Fax: ++1 480 483 7202
Email: usa@profibus.com

PROFIBUS International
Support Center
Haid-und-Neu-Strae 7
D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: ++49 721 96 58 590
Fax: ++49 721 96 58 589
Email: pi@profibus.com
www.profibus.com

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Australia and New Zealand PROFIBUS User Group

(ANZPA), c/o OSItech Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 315
Kilsyth, Vic. 3137
Phone: ++61 3 9761 5599
Fax: ++61 3 9761 5525
Email: australia@profibus.com

Open Solutions for the World of Automation

PROFIBUS - your direct route to Automation Technology

Before PROFIBUS
machine or plant automation was based on a centralized system with individual connections to each field
device (e.g. sensors and actuators). Assembly mistakes
were easily made but not so easily solved.
Further, it wasnt possible to set-up and maintain field
devices centrally. Users had to go to each device in turn
to change, for instance, its operating parameters.

Welcome to PROFIBUS

Fieldbuses are industrial networking systems developed to replace centralized parallel wiring and prevailing
analog signal transmission. Today, communications
increasingly occur horizontally at the field level as well as
vertically through several hierarchical levels.

PROFIBUS is the world leader in fieldbus technology.

Since its beginning in 1989 about a million

PROFIBUS installations have been implemented,

incorporating around nine million devices.

PROFIBUS is mainly used at the field level with interfacing capabilities downward to the sensor / actuator
level as well as upwards to the production and enterprise levels.

At the beginning of PROFIBUS

the aim was to create a single-cable solution that
could provide substantial cost reductions. Primarily,
this was aimed at design, commissioning, engineering
and system start-up. Goals included fewer drawings,
easier cable assembly and faster system start-up.

Openness is guaranteed by IEC standardization.

PROFIBUS is present in all industries and on every

continent.
Know-how and support is available from many

experts close to you.

PROFInet is the solution of PROFIBUS International

for distributed automation systems, linking automation
components using open, standardized technologies both
vertically and horizontally around the plant.
PROFIBUS segments can be linked to PROFInet via
Proxies.

Today
PROFIBUS is a powerful and versatile two-wire fieldbus system. The bus cable is installed around the
machine or plant and field devices are connected to
it, decreasing the number of drawings and reducing
mistakes during assembly.
PROFIBUS also brings benefits for operational phases,
which helps reduce Total Cost of Ownership. Devices
connected to PROFIBUS are smart. They deliver information about their health and about the quality of the
measured value. For example they can call for maintenance, thus preventing or reducing downtime.

PROFIBUS is applicable
to every industry and application. If you are in process
automation, PROFIBUS is the right choice; if you are
in factory automation, PROFIBUS is the right choice;
if you require safety or motion control, PROFIBUS again
is the right choice.

Distributed automation systems

with PROFIBUS and PROFInet.

Market Leader in Automation Technology

The PROFIBUS implementation

solutions for efficient communication
between control systems and peripheral devices.
is applicable and well established in all segments
of the manufacturing and process industries.
offers unified solutions for all parts of a production
process, from upstream through mainstream to
downstream, and from materials-in to goods-out
logistics, from warehousing through manufacturing
to packaging.

Automation with PROFIBUS

means controlling a plant or machine from a master over
a bus connecting all actuators and sensors. The bus
consists of a two-wire copper cable or glass fibre to
which standard PROFIBUS components are connected.
The user can execute important actions at any location
on the machine or installation: controlling processes,
setting parameters, or carrying out diagnostics and
maintenance.
In addition, high accuracy is guaranteed since all parts of
the PROFIBUS network operate digitally.

provides

The success of PROFIBUS

is unparalleled. About a million applications run using
PROFIBUS. More than 2,500 products are available from
internationally and locally recognized manufacturers.
Industrial PCs
Frequency converters
Ident systems
Remote I / O

Image processing

Displays

Tailored solutions based on one uniform technology

PROFIBUS

PROFIBUS

PROFIBUS

PROFIBUS
comprises a uniform, modular structure, offering a

standard but flexible approach for factory and production automation, including coupling of the field
with higher level control systems.
provides certified quality through its extensive
quality assurance concept whereby, on the basis
of standardized test procedures, certificates are
issued to devices that successfully passed the test.

Upstream
Inbound
Logistics

Mainstream
Production

Downstream
Outbound
Logistics

PROFIBUS Automation Technology

Encoder
Pressure sensors

Drives

DCS
HMI

PLC

PROFIBUS provides tailored solutions

Using application profiles PROFIBUS is able to meet
even the most extreme application requirements,
whether in a potentially explosive environment, for the
identification of products, for advanced motion control,
in continuous or batch process control, or many others.

Temperature sensors
Analyzers

Scada
Flow meters
Ranging sensors

PROFIBUS is a proven investment

protected by its foundation in the international standards IEC61158 and IEC61784
technologically driven by the development force of
our member companies
based on the know-how arising from almost a million
applications
supported by more than 1,200 members of the
PROFIBUS International (PI) user community

Light lattices
Barcode scanners

Specific application profiles

General application profiles

Communication technology (protocol)

Transmission technology

Integration
technology

Transmitters

PROFIBUS is unified
The same PROFIBUS protocol is used in all applications,
combined with industry-specific application profiles and
relevant transmission technology to meet differing requirements.

PROFIBUS DP optimized for factory automation

PROFIBUS PA optimized for process automation
PROFIsafe PROFIBUS for safety-related systems
PROFIdrive PROFIBUS for motion control

Solutions covering the entire

Industrial Automation spectrum
PROFIBUS DP

PROFIBUS PA

PROFIBUS in Factory Automation

PROFIBUS Automation Technology provides rich benefits for almost any application in Factory Automation.
Devices such as remote I / O, drives, ident systems,
motor starters as well as weighing & dosing systems,
human machine interfaces, energy-systems and so
on are connected via a single cable. More than 2,500
PROFIBUS-compliant products are available from
which you can select best-in-class devices to suit
your individual needs, with alternative sources usually
available. In all control environments a huge number of
vendors support PROFIBUS.

PROFIBUS in Process Automation

PROFIBUS PA is a consistent fieldbus solution allowing
vendor-independent operation of process devices
on one bus. This interoperability is realized by the
Application Profile PA Devices which standardizes
the functional steps of the measured value from the
raw signal of the sensor through to the pre-processed
process value, for devices such as pressure and temperature transmitters, valves, actuators, analyzers and
remote I / O units. Power over the bus is supported.
PROFIBUS PA can also operate in potentially explosive
areas using the MBP-IS transmission. Acyclic communications enable on-line parameterization, diagnostics and
maintenance.
PROFIBUS is the only fieldbus which covers not only the
batch and continuous processes but also the Upstream
and Downstream discrete requirements.

Market Area

Factory
Automation

Motion
Control

Process
Automation

Typical
Designation

PROFIBUS
DP

PROFIdrive

PROFIBUS
PA

PROFIsafe

Application
Profile

None or
application
specific

PROFIdrive

PA Devices

PROFIsafe

Safety

PROFIdrive
PROFIBUS in Motion Control
In motion control applications decentralized automation
structures can be realized economically because
PROFIBUS permits the dynamic distribution of control
signals amongst intelligent drives. Digital servo-drives
can be synchronized via PROFIBUS and the position
control loop can be closed over the bus, allowing
demanding motion control applications to be met.

PROFIsafe
Communication

Transmission

DP
protocol

DP
protocol

DP
protocol

DP
protocol

RS485

RS485

RS485
MBP-IS

RS485
MBP-IS

PROFIBUS in Safety Applications

PROFIsafe is the PROFIBUS solution supporting safetyrelated applications in both machine and process
control. It is a high integrity communications solution
realized by additional software. Failsafe and standard
application tasks are handled simultaneously over the
same bus, which means the advantages of standard
PROFIBUS are always available. The technology is
certified for use in applications up to SIL 3 (IEC 61508),
AK 6 and KAT 4. The PROFIsafe Policy of manufacturers and suppliers ensures compliance with a high standard of quality throughout all areas of development and
implementation.

The largest User Community worldwide

The PROFIBUS community is led by PROFIBUS International (PI), which was established in 1995. PI today
includes 24 Regional PROFIBUS Associations (RPA)
around the world, having more than 1,200 members,
including end-users, system integrators, commisioningengineering-firms (CEF), contractors, machinebuilders,
institutes, vendors, OEMs and distributors. Together,
they form the largest fieldbus community worldwide!
PROFIBUS International is dedicated to ensuring
the quality and continuity of PROFIBUS Automation
Technology. Investment protection, openness, stability
and reliability are the highest priorities at all times.

Unparalleled Benefits

Denmark
Sweden

Czech
Republik

Russia

Ireland

China

Belgium

Japan

France

New Zealand

Australia

Great Britain

Thailand

USA

Korea

Italy

Austria

S. Afrika

Netherlands

www.profibus.com
PIs rich web resource includes news and information
about events, details of the RPA activities and their members, an electronic newsletter and case studies, downloads of the PROFIBUS literature, specifications and
software, a forum for technical issues, support, products
and GSD files and a complete list of training courses
on offer. Web Based Training (WBT) programs are also
available. The Regional PROFIBUS Associations provide
their own websites in local language with local
information.
You can access an RPAs website direct at
www.XY.profibus.com
(with e.g. XY = ch, de, nl, no, rsa, usa...)

Designing a new manufacturing line? Automating

a machine?
Building a new plant or revamping existing units?
Operating machines or performing maintenance?

Slowakia

Norway
Brazil

Germany
Switzerland

PROFIBUS can provide you with optimal solutions, by:

saving money and time during planning, installation,
commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the
installation.
requiring much less space and fewer components.
giving you the freedom to stay with your favorite
suppliers or select products from new vendors.
providing your maintenance engineers with a totally
new sense of involvement through talking to field
devices over the bus from anywhere in your plant.

S.-E. Asia
Poland

Finland

Your decision to use PROFIBUS will be one of your

most profitable ever taken
If you are responsible

for a new automation investment, technically or

financially, for engineering, operation or maintenance,
for availability and efficiency, or for product quality:
Choose PROFIBUS and you will realize your resposibility in the best possible way, because no other automation technology is more versatile!
If you plan a major automation project

but have to start with a first small step:

Choose PROFIBUS, because no other automation
technology provides better long-term continuity
and investment protection!
If you want to implement distributed automation

structures
for open communication in outstanding new plants:
Choose PROFIBUS and gain access to Ethernet via
the versatility of PROFInet!

PROFIBUS Automation Technology

Innovation and Design
PI members work closely together in the continuous
evolution of PROFIBUS specifications. Organized in
national and international working groups, they cooperate with manufacturers, users and scientists on the
development of new technologies and products. More
than 400 specialists are active in these working groups.
Training, Test, Certification, Support
An international network of about 30 PROFIBUS
Competence Centers (PCC), together with suppliers and
training institutions, offer support for PROFIBUS issues.
Testing and certification is carried out by seven
PROFIBUS Test Labs worldwide.
A vast number of training courses are always on offer
from a variety of organizations.

PROFIBUS guarantees benefits for all

PROFIBUS
in detail

PROFIBUS
for specialists

Brochures,
Journals

System
Descriptions,
Books,
Seminars

Specifications,
Profiles,
Guidelines

End users

will benefit from increased plant availability and

efficiency, reduced life-cycle costs, optimized
process control and best possible long-term
product quality.
System integrators, CEFs, and contractors

will benefit from an open communication standard,

an extensive range of compliant products, and a
unified engineering technology. Another big advantage is the reusability of software-components.
OEM companies

Exhibitions and Workshops

Members of PI are supported in expanding the
PROFIBUS technology on the world market by
numerous international exhibitions and workshops.

PROFIBUS
at a glance

will benefit from an open communications protocol

and quality standards that are internationally accepted, with worldwide expertise, support and spare
parts.

Need more information? Contact your local

PROFIBUS association or have a look at
www.profibus.com! Learn more about all the
advantages of being a member of PROFIBUS
International!

References industry wide, worldwide

PROFIBUS is an industry wide technology:

automotive
chemical
food and beverage
logistics
machine building
material handling
metal processing
mining
oil & gas
pharmaceuticals
print & packaging
pulp & paper
ship building
textile
traffic
water and waste water
web presses
... and many, many more

Have a look at www.profibus.com to

read many interesting case studies.