I walked across the aisle to the HMS Industrial Networks booth. They are well known for their Anybus brand of connectivity products. Michael Volz showed their PROFINET module that has been updated to include PROFIenergy:
When I got the chance to wander into the adjacent hall on the last day, I found some interesting displays. WAGO was showing their PROFIsafe products and how they leverage the iPar server. (See my iPar server blog post for an explanation.)
In the Trebing + Himstedt booth they were showing their network diagnostic tool that spans PROFIBUS and PROFINET. Since many real world installations use both PROFIBUS and PROFINET, this will prove valuable. They have created an introductory video here. You can get a closer look next year at our 2011 one-day training classes where they will be exhibiting.
The Balluff booth was a treasure trove of IO-Link products. Here is a wall of IO-Link products shown connected to PROFIBUS and PROFINET and other fieldbuses (IO-Link is fieldbus-neutral):
Two clever IO-Link products:
Analog IO-Link modules that plug into a standard IO-Link port and allow Analog in and Analog out signals to be connected
What if you could attach an IO-Link module to a valve cluster and save lots of individual wiring? You can!
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This short video starts a bit off-topic, but does show IO-Link:
–Carl Henning