PROFINET IO – Communication protocol 323
PROFINET IO –
Communication protocol
Contents of this chapter
This chapter describes the PROFINET IO communication protocol
for the adapter module. For detailed information on PROFINET IO
communication, refer to PROFINET specification Application Layer
protocol for decentralized periphery and distributed automation
v2.0.
PROFINET IO
PROFINET IO is a fieldbus protocol that enables communication
between programmable controllers and distributed field devices in
an Ethernet network. The protocol classifies devices into I/O
controllers, I/O supervisors and I/O devices, which have a specific
collection of services.