Welcome to Industrial Ethernet

Industrial Ethernet for efficient solutions in automation

With Industrial Ethernet, a powerful area and cell network is available for industrial applications, in line with standards IEEE 802.3 (ETHERNET) and 802.11 (wirelesss LAN). Today, with a share of over 80%, it is now the network No. 1 worldwide within the LAN environment. Powerful and efficient communication networks with a wide range can be installed via Industrial Ethernet.

Base technology for worldwide networking.

A multitude of Intranet, Extranet and Internet features - already available in today´s office environment - can also be used in production and process automation. Ethernet technology - successful for many years in connection with switching, full duplex and autosensing - allows users to adjust the required performance within the network to their exact requirements. They can also choose the data rate as required since the system-wide compatibility allows a step-by-step introduction of the new technology. Ethernet has some important properties giving the following advantages:

Fast start-up by most simple wiring methods
High availability since existing installations can be expanded without any problems
Practically unlimited communication performance since scalable performance through switching technology and high data rates are available if required
Networking of the most varied fields of application such as offices and production facilities
Company-wide communication through the coupling facility via WAN (Wide Area Network) as well as via ISDN or Internet
No investment risk thanks to the continued and compatible further development
Reserving of data at industrial wireless LAN (IWLAN)

Designed for Industry

SIMATIC NET places all its chips on this proven technology. Far more than 500,000 connections have been supplied by Siemens worldwide to harsh and EMC-relevant areas of the industry . For industrial environments, SIMATIC NET offers essential supplements to Ethernet technology:

Network components for the use in harsh industrial environments
Fast wiring at the site thanks to FastConnect wiring system using RJ45 technology
Failsafe networks through fast redundancy features
Continuous monitoring of network components by simple but effective alarm concept
Future-oriented network components with the new Industrial Ethernet switch family SCALANCE X e.g. Gigabit.

All products of the new generation have available the basic feature set "Designed for Industry".

Security in automation with SCALANCE S

With their industrial security concept, Siemens offer a security solution specifically for industrial automation technology complying with the specific requirements of the application environment. SCALANCE S by SIMATIC NET is the core of the revolutionary security concept by Siemens protecting networks and data within your company.

Protection against data espionage and data manipulation
Protection against overloading the communication system
Protection against two-way influence
Protection against address errors
User-friendly and simple configuration and administration without special knowledge of IT security
No changes or retrofittings required for existing network structure

Building bridges and tearing down borderlines - using industrial wireless LAN and SCALANCE W

At Siemens, wireless communication is part of Totally Integrated Automation. On the basis of industrial wireless LAN, SCALANCE W standardizes your communication right through to areas which so far could not be reached or were hardly within reach. Reliable, robust and secure.

New Industrial Ethernet switch generation SCALANCE X

Network structure, data rate, number of ports... requirements etc. can rapidly change. With the new Industrial Ethernet switch generation by SIMATIC NET, you can make your networks safe for the future. SCALANCE X can offer you the right switch for each application from a range of modular systems integrated into Totally Integrated Automation

PROFINET products connected to Industrial Ethernet

PROFINET is the innovative and open Industrial Ethernet standard IEC 61158 for industrial automation. With PROFINET, units can be integrated from field level through to process control level. PROFINET leads to standardized communication, allows installation-wide engineering and makes use of IT standards right down to the field level.

PROFINET is based on Industrial Ethernet and makes use of the standard TCP/IP for parameterization, configuration and diagnosis. Real-time communication for transfering useful and process data takes place via the same cable.

For PROFINET and distributed intelligence, an optimized range of SIMATIC NET products is available.