Profinet

The Profinet protocol may require root permissions in some constellations. If you experience problems with running this protocol, please make sure to install your service on an agent with root permissions as described in agent orchestration.

Overview

Profinet (usually styled as PROFINET, as a portmanteau for Process Field Net) is an industry technical standard for data communication over Industrial Ethernet, designed for collecting data from, and controlling equipment in industrial systems, with a particular strength in delivering data under tight time constraints.

This protocol is optional and subject to license. It should be installed on demand.

Connection Properties

Endpoint Properties

Sample commissioning file

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profinet-example.yml

---
description: >
    Sample Profinet commissioning file

metadata:
    name: Profinet example
    icon: https://www.cybus.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/for-whom1.svg
    provider: cybus
    homepage: https://www.cybus.io
    version: 1.0.0

resources:
    profinetConnection:
        type: Cybus::Connection
        properties:
            protocol: Profinet
            connection:
                localInterface: 'eth0'
                gsdPath: '/app/gsd-files' # These paths are referenced between the container
                configPath: '/app/profinet-config'
                connectionStrategy:
                    initialDelay: 1000
                    maxDelay: 30000
                    incrementFactor: 2

    endpoint1:
        type: Cybus::Endpoint
        properties:
            protocol: Profinet
            connection: !ref profinetConnection
            subscribe:
                deviceName: 'netx52repns'
                api: 0
                slot: 0
                subSlot: 0
                propertyIndex: 0

    mapping:
        type: Cybus::Mapping
        properties:
            mappings:
                - subscribe:
                      endpoint: !ref endpoint1
                  publish:
                      topic: 'netx52rens_output'

Output Format

The data will be written as a JSON object with a timestamp and a data member called value.

For example for the endpoint endpoint1, the output will be:

{ 'timestamp': 1581932492902, 'value': [0, 1, 0, 0] }