How to get a certificate for a PROFINET device

PROFINET , PROFIdrive/Drives , PROFIenergy , PROFIsafe

Description:

This guideline describes the procedures necessary for the attainment of a certificate for a PROFINET device. Furthermore it gives hints for the successful preparations for the certification test as well as describing procedures for brand labelling and dealing with equipment variants.

It is highly recommended for every manufacturer of a PROFINET field device with or without supported profiles to read this document before the development starts. It helps to save time, money and trouble. The responsible bodies of PI keep this document up to date and give useful hints to be kept in mind to have a ready field device which meets the requirements of the market.

 

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Certificate mandatory for all PROFINET-based PI profiles from 01/01/2022

 

The certifying test of the PROFINET devices is an essential component of PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) quality assurance. This leads to compliant and interoperable devices in the machines and plants. The profiles are integral parts of the device applications and determine the accessible information and part of the device behavior. Therefore, the certifying test will also be mandatory for the missing profiles PROFIdrive and  Encoder from 01/01/2022. The certifying test for the PA profile will get mandatory as soon as available. The corresponding stipulations were made in the new version of the document "How to get a certificate for a PROFINET device" (Order No .: 2.922n V1.9 from June 2021). The document is part of the test bundle of Test System 2.42.1.

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Details:
Version: 1.10
Order No.: 2.922n
Language: English

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Disclaimer / License:

License for supply of Specifications

Licensee acquires this license solely from PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V., having its principal place of business in Karlsruhe, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “Licensor”).

1. Specifications

1.1 Subject of this license agreement is each technical specification issued by the Licensor, in electronic form (hereinafter referred to as “SPECIFICATION”). Software is provided in object code only.

1.2 The SPECIFICATION distributed hereby has been developed by members of the Licensor. Licensor hereby notifies Licensee that the SPECIFICATION is not an industrial standard acknowledged by any standardization body or otherwise and may be further enhanced.

2. Rights and Duties of Licensee

2.1 Licensor hereby grants to Licensee the right to use the SPECIFICATION exclusively for developing and supporting products compliant with the SPECIFICATION. Licensee may copy the SPECIFICATION for this purpose and for data backup purposes.

2.2 Licensee shall not be entitled to modify, decompile, reverse engineer or extract any individual parts of the SPECIFICATION, unless this is permitted by mandatory copyright law. Furthermore, Licensee shall not be entitled to remove any alphanumeric identifiers, trademarks or copyright notices from the SPECIFICATION and, insofar as Licensee is entitled to make copies of the SPECIFICATION, Licensee shall copy them without alteration.

2.2 Licensee shall not be entitled to publish, market or distribute the SPECIFICATION. However, Licensee shall be entitled to transfer the right to use the SPECIFICATION granted to it to a third party, provided that Licensee concludes a written agreement with the third party in conformance with all of the conditions contained in this Section 2 and on the proviso that Licensee does not retain any copies of the SPECIFICATION.

3. Liability of Licensor

3.1 Licensor shall have no obligation to enhance the SPECIFICATION and shall assume no liability in case the SPECIFICATION or future versions thereof shall not be approved as an industrial standard.

3.2 The SPECIFICATION is delivered free of charge "as-is” to all members of the Licensor. Any liability and warranty for the SPECIFICATION - irrespective of the legal reason therefore - e.g. as to quality or title, its correctness, absence of defects, absence of claims of third party rights or in relation to its completeness and/or fitness for any specific purpose is excluded.
The Licensor is not liable for damages due to the use of the SPECIFICATION or for damages which have been caused by the design of hardware or software according to the information provided within the SPECIFICATION. Any liability for consequential, special or indirect damages including, but not limited to, loss of profit, loss of use and business interruption, regardless of the theory of law, are excluded.

3.3 The aforesaid exclusion of liability shall not apply as far as there is a legally binding liability, e.g. under product liability legislation, in cases of intent, of gross negligence, of injury of life, body or health or wilful hiding of a defect, or due to violation of major contractual obligations. However, liability for damages arising from the violation of major contractual obligations shall be limited to the foreseeable damage normally covered by a contract, unless in cases of intent or gross negligence. No change in the burden of proof to the detriment of Licensee is involved by the aforesaid provision.

4. Place of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

4.1 The sole place of jurisdiction shall be the principal place of business of Licensor.

4.2 All relations arising out of the contract shall be governed by the substantive law of Germany, to the exclusion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

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