Softing SmartLink HW-DP

Product Code: GEA-YN-026000

IIoT Gateway connecting to legacy networks, enabling Industry 4.0 connectivity. Softing SmartLink HW-DP provide connection of PROFIBUS and HART devices to HART IP, OPC UA, MQTT and FDT/DTM

SmartLink HW-DP provides PLC independent access to PROFIBUS DP Networks. It enables Plant Asset Management for field devices using standard industry tools and allows using HART IP as a standardized format. smartLink HW-DP is a compact tool that can be integrated without interfering with the operation of existing installations. Furthermore, it enables Industry 4.0 connectivity for new and existing PROFIBUS DP networks.

SmartLink HW-DP Connection of PROFIBUS and HART devices

Configuration, Parameterization and Plant Asset Management Using Standard Industry Tools IIoT Gateway

• Independent of configuration tools, in other words integration without interference with the operation of existing installation
• Centralized and time-saving parameterization of PROFIBUS and HART field devices directly from the control room using HART IP and HART over PROFIBUS
• Access to Plant Asset Management applications for field devices configuration based on FDT / DTM and EDDL standards (acyclic master)

Direct Connectivity to PROFIBUS Segments

• Single access point to PROFIBUS DP segment from Industrial Ethernet networks
• Acts as PROFIBUS DP master class 2
• Support of one PROFIBUS DP segment

Key Component for Transition to State-of-the-Art Technology

• Re-use of existing PROFIBUS segments without requiring modification
• Access to cyclic and acyclic data via HART-IP and OPC UA

Use Cases and benefits of Softing SmartLink HW-DP

• Easy integration into existing installations and retrofit existing installations and that’s why enables IIoT capabilities of plants, keeping cost and risk at a minimum level
• Independent of existing controller infrastructure
• Unrestricted transparency and exchange of data for PROFIBUS networks for instance Cyclic I/O-data, Diagnostics, Assetmanagement and Parameterization
• Compatible with products of leading device manufacturers