Blogs

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...

Traffic jams on the PROFINET

Understanding how PROFINET netloading works and how to keep netloads balanced in order to avoid traffic jams on PROFINET networks

Using PROFIBUS DP waveforms to troubleshoot net...

How to tell if you have a good PROFIBUS network? Looking at the waveforms and signal levels are key to determining if there is a problem and identifying that problem.

The HP-25 Cable tester to the Rescue!

Sometimes you need to go back to basics and use the simplest tool in your toolbox to solve complex PROFIBUS network issues. The HP-25 cable tester is that tool. 

Frame Prioritization within EtherNet/IP and PRO...

How does the EtherNet/IP and PROFINET protocols prioritize their IO data message? Join me as I go on a deep dive to find out! 

Office Cat-5e Cable in Industrial Ethernet Netw...

It may seem cheaper to use unshielded office grade wiring in industrial networks but in the end it is going to cost you with downtime and EMC issues.