Hello automation experts,
I know that Profibus was preferred communication much before Industrial Ethernet (Profinet), at least with Siemens.
I wonder why is that, since ethernet based networks existed for long time.It seems that only in last 10 years Profinet started to dominate the market.
Old OP panels (20 years old or so) had only Profibus port. What were disadvantages of Profinet comparing to Profibus that enabled PB to dominate such number of years?
Thank you.
I know that Profibus was preferred communication much before Industrial Ethernet (Profinet), at least with Siemens.
I wonder why is that, since ethernet based networks existed for long time.It seems that only in last 10 years Profinet started to dominate the market.
Old OP panels (20 years old or so) had only Profibus port. What were disadvantages of Profinet comparing to Profibus that enabled PB to dominate such number of years?
Thank you.