Preambles xix
Preamble to Part III: technologies
Stefan.Mahlknecht
Institute
.of.Comp
uter
.Tech
nology
Vienna
.Univ
ersity
.of.Tech
nology
Vienna,
.Aust
ria
Gianluca
.Cena
I
stituto
.di.Elet
tronica
.e.di.Inge
gneria
.dell
’Informazione
.e.dell
e
.Tele
comunicazioni
Consiglio
.Nazi
onale
.dell
e
.Rice
rche
Turin,
.Ital
y
Martin
.Woll
schlaeger
Institute
.of.Appl
ied
.Comp
uter
.Scie
nce
Dresden
.Univ
ersity
.of.Tech
nology
Dresden,
.Germ
any
Introduction
is.part.describes.the.technologies.for.industrial.communications..It.has.been.organized.in.seven.dif-
ferent
.grou
ps
.by.tech
nology
.fami
ly
.and.by.appl
ication
.area
s.
Group 3.1: Classical Fieldbus Systems
Fieldbus.systems.date.back.to.the.1980s.and.represent.the.rst.successful.attempt.to.bring.concepts.
relat
ed
.to.local.area.netwo
rks
.to.factor
y
.automa
tion
.envir
onments.
.anks.to.digit
al
.seria
l
.commu
nica-
tion,
.an.unpre
cedented
.degre
e
.of.exib
ility
.was.achie
ved
.when.compa
red
.with.analo
gue
.point
-to-point
.
links
,
.allow
ing
.remot
e
.cong
uration
.and.diagn
ostics
.to.be.carri
ed
.out.easily
.
.Moreo
ver,
.notic
eable
.sav-
in
gs
.were.made.in.both.cabli
ng
.and.deplo
yment
.costs.becau
se
.of.the.share
d
.commu
nication
.suppo
rt.
.
Needl
ess
.to.say,.these.advan
tages
.made.eldb
us
.techn
ology
.more.and.more.adopta
ble
.in.indus
trial
.
plant
s
.thro
ughout
.the.1990
s.
One
.of.the.main.drawb
acks
.of.eldb
uses
.is.the.lack,.among.manuf
acturers,
.of.a.uniqu
e,
.stand
ard
.
solut
ion.
.Inste
ad,
.a.large.numbe
r
.(on.the.order.of.about.100).of.dier
ent
.and.incom
patible
.solut
ions
.
were.devel
oped,
.some.of.which.are.still.in.use..Notice
able
.examp
les
.are.PROFI
BUS,
.INTER
BUS,
.
MODBU
S,
.as.well.as.CAN-ba
sed
.solut
ions
.such.as.Devic
enet
.and.CANop
en.
.In.the.follo
wing
.chapte
rs
.
(Chap
ters
.31.throu
gh
.36),.some.of.the.most.popul
ar
.eldb
us
.solut
ions
.are.descr
ibed.
Group 3.2: Industrial Ethernet
Ethernet.is.currently.the.“de.facto”.standard.networking.solution.for.oce.automation.environments..
Since.its.intro
duction
.in.the.1970s
,
.it.has.manag
ed
.to.keep.pace.with.the.ever-
increasing
.bandw
idth
.
requi
rements
.of.distr
ibuted
.infor
mation
.syste
ms
.and.has.been.able.to.oer.incre
ased
.perfo
rmance
.over.
the.year
s
.with
out
.losin
g
.comp
atibility
.with.the.orig
inal
.proto
col
.and.equi
pment.
While
.Ether
net
.was.initi
ally
.deeme
d
.unsuit
able
.for.use.in.distr
ibuted
.contro
l
.syste
ms,
.due.to.its.ran-
do
m
.acces
s
.schem
e,
.the.extens
ive
.impro
vements
.that.were.made.to.this.netwo
rk
.made.peopl
e
.chang
e
.their.
minds.by.the.end.of.the.1990s
.
.e.availa
bility
.of.high-
speed
.(100.Mb/s.and.beyon
d)
.full-
duplex
.connec
-
tions,
.VLANs.with.trac.prior
itization,
.and.non-b
locking
.switc
hes
.made.it.possi
ble
.to.achie
ve
.incre
ased
.
level
s
.of.deter
minism,
.oen.suita
ble
.for.most.factor
y
.autom
ation
.syste
ms.
.Solut
ions
.such.as.Ether
Net/IP
.
are.based.on.unmod
ied
.Ether
net
.equip
ment
.and.the.conven
tional
.TCP/I
P
.commun
ication
.stack
.
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