In several steps the controls of the main and adjoining buildings were replaced and the communication to the process control system was completely changed to
ethernet.
To create the base to build up the ethernet network, we used fiber optic cables that are especially suitable for long transmission paths.

Before the final transition to ethernet could be completed, we firstly split up the existing Profibus system into segments. To connect such a segment then to the new network we first renewed the respective control and subsequently all associated peripheries.