PROFIBUS

Process automation with digital fieldbus technology

PROFIBUS is an international standard for digital communication in industrial automation. Using PROFIBUS provides:

 

Flexibility

All PROFIBUS devices within a PROFIBUS segment communicate via the same bus cable. Therefore the installation of additional instruments to an existing fieldbus system is very easy with only little electrical installation work.

 

More information from devices

PROFIBUS provides unbounded data communication from and to your PROFIBUS devices. Devices providing several measurement quantities (e.g. mass flow, volume flow and temperature) can communicate them via PROFIBUS without any additional installation effort. Also device parameters as well as diagnostic information are transmitted via PROFIBUS simplifying device configuration and forming the base for powerful Asset Management.

 

Easy commissioning

PROFIBUS delivers the measured process value in digital form. Therefore the process value is transmitted in high accuracy within the whole measurement range. The scaling of the process value with respect to an analogue signal is omitted. Since the device data are identified by the device address no loop check is necessary.

 

PROFIBUS is proven in use since more than 15 years. It is the only fieldbus that covers the requirements from factory automation as well as the needs of process automation. Nearly all kind of automation components are nowadays available with PROFIBUS interface. For the process automation PROFIBUS provides data communication and power via the same line, optionally in a intrinsically safety manner which makes installation of PROFIBUS systems very easy. 

A PROFIBUS system consists of one PROFIBUS master class 1 and several PROFIBUS slaves providing the input and output data that are permanently transmitted to the master. A master classe 2 can be added to the system for transmission of device parameterization and for Asset Management tasks.

 

A DP/PA-coupler or a DP/PA-link is a network component that converts the electrical PROFIBUS signal from RS485 - typically used in the factory automation and in a PROFIBUS master - to a Manchester Bus Powered (MBP) signal. MBP is the interface that is typically used for field devices in the process automation since it provides power feeding as well as communication via the same bus cable, optionally intrinsically safe. The architecture of a PROFIBUS system is shown in the figure below. 

Products and services

Today, Endress+Hauser offers a broad range of PROFIBUS products for different application areas. You may benefit from our experience with far more than 250,000 PROFIBUS devices installed in over 1,000 facilities throughout the world.

 

To supplement the product program, we have developed a wide range of services to support you in employing the fieldbus technology in a very simple and safe manner:

 

  • Engineering of PROFIBUS systems and layout planning
  • Customer service and commissioning
  • Seminars and application trainings certified by the PNO
  • Integration documentation for widely used process control systems and PLCs
  • Broad range of accessories, e.g. segment couplers, junction boxes, terminators, cable sets, connectors, etc.

Level instruments
  Device name Field of application  Communication
Deltapilot S

Hydrostatic level measurement

for liquids

 PA
Deltapilot M

Hydrostatic level measurement

for liquids, sludges and pastes

 PA
Levelflex M

Guided radar level measurement

for bulk solids and liquids as

well as interface measurement

in liquids

 PA
Micropilot M Radar level measurement for

liquids and bulk solids

 PA

Prosonic S

(FMU90, FMU95)

 Multichannel level measurement

for liquids and bulk solids, flow

measurement in open channels

with flumes or weirs

 DP
Prosonic M Ultrasonic level measurement

for liquids and bulk solids

 PA

Liquiphant S

Liquiphant M

 Universal level detector

for liquids

 PA
Gammapilot M Radiometric compact

transmitter for limit detection,

level, interface and density

measurement

 PA

Pressure instruments
  Device name Field of application  Communication

Cerabar S

Cerabar M

Process pressure measurement

for gases, steam and liquids

 PA

Deltabar S

Deltabar M

 Differential pressure

measurement for level,

volume and mass flow of

gases, steam and liquids

 PA

Flow instruments
  Device name Field of application  Communication

Promag 50

Promag 53

Promag 55

 Magnetic-inductive flow

measurement for inductive

liquids

DP/PA

DP/PA

DP/PA

Promass 80

Promass 83

Coriolis mass flow

measurement for liquids,

steam and gases

PA

DP/PA

Prosonic Flow 92F

Prosonic Flow 93

Ultrasonic flow measurement

for liquids

PA

DP/PA

Prowirl 72

Prowirl 73

Vortex flow measurement

for gases, steam and liquids

PA

PA

t-mass 65

 Thermal mass flowmeters

for direct measurement of

industrial, energy and utilities

gases

DP/PA

System components
  Device name Field of application  Communication

Memograph M

20/14/40 channel

(analog/digital/PROFIBUS DP)

data manager, multi-channel indicator

and communication interface for

recording and calculation of measured

values, e.g. energy calculation

DP

RID261

Display for process values and

limit violations in PROFIBUS

PA networks

 PA

RMS621

RMC621

Energy manager for water,

gases and steam with up to

10 inputs for 1-3 applications

DP

DP

Fieldgate

Gateway with integrated

Web Server between Ethernet

TCP/IP and up to three

PROFIBUS DP bus segments

 DP

Field Controller

ControlCare Field Controller

with function block engineering

and IEC 61131-3 function

block programming

 DP
Liquid Analysis instruments
  Device name Field of application  Communication

ASP 2000

Stationary precision water

sampler for water and

wastewater applications

 DP

Liquiline M

pH/ORP, conductivity and

oxygen measurement in

process automation

 PA

Liquisys M

pH/ORP, conductivity,

oxygen, turbidity, chlorine

measurement for water and

wastewater applications

DP/PA

Memograph M

(CVM40)

Process photometer for UV DP

absorption, color, NIR absorption,

turbidity and cell growth,

additional 2/6 channel (universal

analog/digital) and electronic

chart recorder functionality

 

 DP

Mycom S

pH/redox or conductivity

measurement for liquids in

process automation

 PA

Smartec S

Measurement of conductivity

and concentration in highly

conductive liquids

DP/PA
Temperature instruments
  Device name Field of application  Communication

iTEMP TMT84

Temperature head transmitter

to fit in connection heads,

for various applications

 PA

iTEMP TMT162

Temperature field transmitter

for direct mounting in the

process environment within

applications under harsh

conditions

 PA
Geräte-Management
  Software Field of application  Communication
 

FieldCare

Plant Asset Management

tool for field devices with

PROFIBUS DP/PA and

other protocols

 DP/PA
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Device integration

All PROFIBUS GSD files and Certificates for single products can be downloaded from the Download Area. Alternatively you can download all GSD and BMP files of the PROFIBUS devices as a complete set in one file.

 

Endress+Hauser offer DTMs for PROFIBUS devices.

 

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Download documentation:

 

PROFIBUS DP/PA

Guidelines for planning and commissioning

Field Communication

BA034S/04/en 06.04

 

PROFIBUS

Process automation with digital fieldbus technology
Competence Brochure
CP005S/04/en 11.10

 

FieldCare - Plant Asset Management
All-round support throughout the plant life-cycle
Competence Brochure
CP001S/04/en 04.04
 

ControlCare - P View

Visualization and Monitoring
Competence Brochure
CP007S/04/en 09.04

PROFIBUS International Competence Center

Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG maintains an excellent, well-equipped PROFIBUS International Competence Center (PICC) in Reinach, Switzerland. This provides the know-how required for reliable fieldbus operation. Officially accredited by the PROFIBUS International (PI), its task is to perform system integration tests for process automation.

Interoperability tests comprise system tests in a multi-vendor environment with a defined PROFIBUS interface.

 

Prior to releasing any device or system, it must pass a series of individual system tests. To this end, the Fieldbus Laboratory is equipped with process control systems, PLCs and Asset Management Systems from various manufacturers. This ensures that Endress+Hauser devices are fit for real fieldbus conditions.

  • Interoperability tests prove that Endress+Hauser devices are fit for real fieldbus conditions. They comprise system tests in a multi-vendor environment.
  • Interchangeability tests ensure that an Endress+Hauser device can be used as a replacement for a failed third-party device.
  • System integration ensures that users get the best possible performance from Endress+Hauser devices operating in third-party systems, e.g. in Siemens PDM.

 

All Endress+Hauser devices must pass these rigorous tests before they can be placed on the market.

 

Take a Virtual Tour through our Fieldbus Test and Competence Center "System World" at Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Reinach (Switzerland).