The PLC Profibus eBook Courseware for Siemens S7315 PLCs (E40804) adds to the Siemens S7300 Troubleshooting Learning System to teach industrial communication networks and data exchange using the Profibus-DP network. Profibus is a high-speed industrial network for use with Siemens PLC’s. The Profibus network provides real-time control required by automated production lines and process control systems, as well as providing services necessary to communicate with other departments within the manufacturing facility.

What is an Industrial Network?

An industrial network is a high-speed communications connection used to exhange data between production line equipment (i.e. PLCs, robots, drives) and other devices (i.e. PCs in other departments) within a manufacturing facility. Connecting production line equipment with other departments allows the equipment to be controlled or monitored by the other departments. For examples, sales data can be used to input the quantity of parts to make to a PLC, or an output from a PLC can inform the shipping department that a part is available to ship.