PROFINET IO Device Source Code Stack
Ship PROFINET-enabled devices in weeks, not months, with RTA’s royalty-free PROFINET IO Device source code stack. Trusted in over 100,000 real-world applications, our RTA protocol source code has been enabling devices like PLCs, VFDs, barcode readers, I/O blocks and more for over two decades.
PROFINET IO Device-Side Source Code Stack
Accelerate Your Time to Market with RTA’s PROFINET IO Device Stack
Don’t let complex protocol development delay your product launch. RTA’s royalty-free PROFINET IO Device source code stack is designed to get your Linux-based devices to market quickly, giving your customers direct connection to modern Siemens S7 PLCs and other PROFINET-enabled controllers.
You provide the mapping from your application and the RTA stack handles all the heavy lifting, including packet encoding, decoding, transport and required interfaces.
- 35+ Years of Industry Leadership: PROFINET software backed by over 35 years of industrial networking expertise
- 100% Royalty-Free Licensing: Ship an unlimited number of devices with a single upfront purchase and no ongoing royalties or hidden fees
- Developed for Linux Platforms: Designed specifically for Linux-based devices utilizing UDP and Layer 2 (raw Ethernet) socket interfaces
- Simplified Integration: Easily map device data directly to PROFINET data buffers using a functional call interface to keep integration simple and fast
- Optimized Embedded Footprint: Efficiently utilizes memory to maintain peak performance on Linux embedded systems
- Direct RTA Enginerd Support: Work directly with the Enginerds who wrote the code for hands-on guidance on data modeling, stack integration and pre-conformance testing
What’s Included in the PROFINET IO Device Source Code Development Kit?
- Royalty-free ANSI C source code designed for Linux
- Support for LLDP, DCP, Cyclic and Acyclic messaging (up to 1,440 bytes per direction)
- Ready-to-run sample applications
- Sample object models and GSDML generation tools
- Full documentation and integration guidance
- Hands-on support from RTA’s PROFINET experts
- One year of license maintenance
A Proven Integration Roadmap for Success
Real Time Automation provides flexible integration packages to support PROFINET IO Device source code stack integration from design to deployment. The process described below is subject to change based on your unique needs. Included services vary by package.
- Pick Your IO Device Integration Package: Choose the integration package that matches your engineering environment:
- Standard: A “do-it-yourself” package ideal for manufacturers who understand PROFINET and can handle their own stack integration
- Guided: An RTA-assisted package that includes hands-on support, data model design (GSDML) and PI pre-conformance testing. Ideal for manufacturers with limited PROFINET experience or engineering resources.
- Turnkey: An end-to-end integration service where RTA’s Enginerds handle the entire raw Ethernet/UDP setup, data modeling, stack integration and lab representation. Ideal for manufacturers who are new to PROFINET and do not have in-house engineering resources.
- Make It Official: Lock in your project with a purchase order and signed license agreement to officially start your PROFINET integration project
- Meet Your Enginerds: RTA assigns you a dedicated Enginerd to discuss your device and integration goals
- Model Your Device: RTA does the heavy lifting and takes the data available from your device and properly models it to the PROFINET object structure, providing all data models, documentation and communication files
- Pre-Conformance Testing: Your device is tested in the RTA lab to ensure it meets the highest standards for data integrity and industrial security. For protocols that require certification, like PROFINET, RTA also runs certification testing and provides the test results you need to present to the conformance lab.
- Device Conformance: You schedule your test date with PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) and RTA’s Enginerds represent your device at the lab
- Go to Market: RTA trains your support and sales team to help them effectively sell and support your product’s new communication features. RTA can also review your technical and sales documentation to support your go-to-market efforts.
- Rest Assured: RTA is a member of PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and is aware of upcoming changes to the PROFINET specification before it formally takes effect. This ensures that if you need to update your device or enable PROFINET on new devices, you are getting source code conformant to the latest standard.
Partner with the Industrial Protocol Experts
An RTA PROFINET stack is more than just source code. It’s a direct line to a team of Enginerds focused on making it easy to integrate PROFINET and other major industrial protocols into industrial devices. With RTA as your protocol partner, you focus on your core competencies while we manage the complexities of evolving protocols and industrial communications standards.
- ✓Total protocol lifecycle support that allows your team to skip months of writing, debugging and maintaining complex protocols
- ✓Expert consultation on data modeling to ensure your device presents information in the most effective and intuitive way for your target market
- ✓Pre-conformance testing support and documentation to expedite certification and bring your product to market quickly
- ✓Continuous protocol maintenance to ensure your device remains current, competitive, and compliant with the latest global standards without requiring updates of internal device firmware
- ✓Support from RTA’s PROFINET experts
Ready to Get Started?
Schedule a 30-minute call with one of our developers to walk through what it takes to integrate PROFINET into your device. No pressure—just straight answers and expert guidance.
What our Customers are Saying
“When it came to getting the job done, we turned to Real Time Automation, and they performed. RTA helped us figure out a complex communications interface problem in short order, and provided hardware and software modification requirements for implementation before we even got off the plane!”
Kevin L. / HTS Engineering Ltd.
“We have worked with Real Time Automation on a variety of projects over the past few years. I have consistently found them enthusiastic to work with us throughout the development process to ensure that we receive a communications solution that meets our needs. More importantly, their commitment to providing timely support services after the initial release of the system is truly exemplary.”
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