With the EU's new Cyber Resilience Act phasing in, is there any guidance regarding how this legislation will affect PROFINET devices? For example, will it become mandatory that all data is encrypted in transit, etc? Is there any official guidance from PROFIBUS and PROFINET International regarding ho...

In IO-Link there is a standardized way to send "commands" the a field device to perform one time actions within the device. For example, resetting of a counter. It is done with the SystemCommand index. The IODD file is often used to graphically show these commands as "buttons" wh...

I understand that APL physical layer testing is either done by PITL, ODVA, FCG, etc, and is a requirement for getting a PROFINET certification for an APL device. Is it also required that the device have a certificate for Intrinsic Safety (2-WISE / IEC 60079-11) before PNO will issue the PROFINET cer...