Straton® Profinet Client/Server
The straton IEC 61131 standard Soft PLC supports the Profinet standard for real time communications over Ethernet hardware.
An advantage of Profinet is that it uses standard CAT5 cables and connectors, compared to the expensive connectors and termination required by Profibus. Using the straton runtime from COPALP, control engineers can reduce system costs further by replacing dedicated fieldbus hardware with a software Profinet client and server, without any loss of performance.
Configuration of Profinet RT/IO in the straton Integrated Development Environment
COPALP provides an integrated configuration tool for the Profinet Client and Server based on the Driver Development Kit. The result is a transparent integration of this additional Fieldbus in the straton IEC 61131 programming environment.