Industrial Networks – Products, Diagnostics, Monitoring and Training
Reliable communication on production lines
We supply components, testers and analyzers for industrial communication networks and also provide their diagnostics, repairs, monitoring and hands-on training. We support PROFINET, PROFIBUS, CAN, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, AS-i, industrial Ethernet and Wi-Fi networks.
Tell us the network type, connected devices and symptoms. We will recommend suitable diagnostics, a tester, monitoring or training.
More details: diagnostics, monitoring, training and selecting an industrial network
Products and services for the complete industrial-network lifecycle
We can help when designing new communication, expanding a production line, carrying out a preventive inspection or finding the cause of an unplanned outage. We select solutions according to the PLC, communication protocol, topology, operating environment and maintenance requirements.
Switches, repeaters, connectors, cables, terminators, measuring points, testers and analyzers for industrial networks.
Select a network type belowPreventive and emergency measurements at your plant, root-cause localization and a clear technical report.
View network diagnosticsCapture intermittent faults, retain event history and continuously supervise critical networks and production lines.
View PROFINET monitoringCommunication fundamentals, correct network design, analyzer operation and systematic fault finding and repair.
View technical trainingHow should you choose the right protocol or solution?
For an existing machine, follow the communication protocol used by the PLC, drives and remote I/O. For a new application, consider the required speed, number of devices, safety, diagnostic capabilities, operating environment and service availability. Send us the topology or a device list when you need help.
FOXON experience from real production environments
We also use the tools and components we supply during our own service interventions, diagnostics and long-term monitoring of production networks.
Frequently asked questions about industrial networks
For regular or intermittent outages, after a topology change, when commissioning a machine or preventively before important planned production.
For critical production lines and faults that occur only briefly or irregularly and cannot be reliably captured during a one-off measurement.
Yes. We will help you select a suitable tester or analyzer and train your maintenance staff to measure correctly, evaluate communication quality and find faults systematically.
From Practice: At De & Co, They Can Find a PROFINET Fault in Just a Few Minutes
De & Co Hranice s.r.o. supplies production lines and robotic workstations for various industrial sectors. As the company gradually moved from smaller machines to large automated lines, the complexity of its communication networks increased as well. This created a need to diagnose PROFINET and at the same time connect securely and remotely to equipment already operating at customer sites. What technologies help their technicians do that?
Case Study: PROFINET at Magna Powertrain Under Control
Magna Powertrain lacked sufficient visibility and detail about PROFINET communication on production lines running 24/7. With ongoing digitalization and data collection from production, they no longer wanted to troubleshoot outages by “trial and error.” They wanted to quickly identify the root cause of issues or prevent them altogether, see the live topology, keep event logs, and monitor whether errors were accumulating anywhere.
PROFIBUS: 3 Sins and 10 Tips
The PROFIBUS industrial bus is highly tolerant and will forgive many faults. But if a critical fault occurs—or several small ones accumulate—you will definitely notice. That’s why this aging industrial network deserves attention. Even if faults on your network are still rare, they will gradually accumulate. What do our technicians recommend? What are their 10 tips for maintaining PROFIBUS?
The 3 Biggest Killers of the PROFINET Industrial Network
Our engineers perform diagnostics of industrial networks in hundreds of manufacturing companies. They travel across the country to find the causes of failures. We have asked them what problems they have most frequently diagnosed in customers' PROFINET networks recently. What have they told us?
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