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Siemens PROFIBUS repeater 12 Meg problem

A problem can remain dormant for years before surfacing. This problem with older Siemens repeaters should convince you to upgrade. 

Replacements for retiring Siemens PROFIBUS equi...

Siemens recently announced the retirement of three PROFIBUS products. JCOM Automation has replacement products that are equal or greater to the Siemens products.

Does PROFIBUS support PROFIsafe? Yes, but…

Did you know that PROFIBUS supports PROFIsafe V2.4 if you are making a direct device replacement. However, PROFIsafe V2.6 is only supported by PROFINET for new devices?

The Siemens PROFIBUS repeater is dead. Long liv...

The Siemens PROIFBUS repeater retires this year. JCOM Automation has many options to directly replace or upgrade to a modern repeater with more functions. 

PROFIBUS vs. Modbus, how do these protocols com...

Modbus and PROFIBUS, both have been around a long time but are they really that different? It all comes down to the matching the protocol to your application.

HART Myths: fact or fiction?

Cassette tapes, OS2, MicoVAX, and HART: all products of the 1980s, yet only one has survived the test of time.  HART, or Highway Addressable Remote Transducer, is an industrial protocol that dates...