PROFINET and information models

The buzzwords Big Data is also present in terms of the industrial communication day by day. In addition to basic automation data like control or condition monitoring data nowadays especially data from applications that improve the performance or value of a plant, machine or also components or devices becoming more resent. Users of PI technologies are already familiar with simplified data access and configuration of performance improving applications, in the form of feature lists and profiles. Now it is a question of making these information models machine-readable, relating existing information models to each other and lifting them into widespread use. This provides the user with a practical and, above all, universal solution. Thanks to uniform semantics, the quality of the data also increases. Since the amount of data from the field will certainly continue to grow, scaling is made easier with such approaches. And ultimately, these information models pave the way for future technologies. Go to https://www.profibus.com/technology/industrie-40/information-models to learn more about the possibilities through PROFINET and information.