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PROFINET is an open standard for industrial networks based on the Profibus model. It supports both cyclic and acyclic data transfer within a modular, component based architectural concept. The standardization of application functions - based on software modules - play a particularly important role in PROFINET.

In essence, PROFINET is an application protocol that uses familiar concepts from PROFIBUS and implements them on the physical layer of an Ethernet network.

PROFINET defines three performance classes:

• TCP/IP: Open Ethernet TCP/IP communication without real-time requirements (cycle times up to 100 ms)
• Real-Time: for I/O data exchange with real-time requirements and packet prioritization (cycle times from 1 ms to 10 ms)
• IRT (Isochronous Real-Time): Isochronous real-time communication where special switches and customer hardware time-slice the network for synchronized I/O data exchange (cycle time <1 ms)

AMCI offers various devices with PROFINET functionality.