Aufbau eines Dienstleistungszentrums zur Unterstuetzung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) bei der Entwicklung und Anwendung feldbusfaehiger Komponenten Schlussbericht

The BMFT-project 'Aufbau eines Dienstleistungszentrums zur Unterstuetzung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) bei der Entwicklung und Anwendung feldbusfaehiger Komponenten' is integrated in the furtherance focal point of 'Dienstleistungszentren fuer die Mikrosystemtechnik'. The objective of this project was the building-up and establishing of a service centre which shall offer the necessary support to the small and middle enterprises (SME) to utilize the technology of field bus systems. The supply of services was constructed and extended customer oriented corresponding to a multistage concept. The services may be divided in the main groups seminars, development projects and interoperability testing. The PROFIBUS-Practice-Seminar is a periodical event. Within the scope of development projects inter alia the soft- and hardware tool DECODE was developed which can be used for putting into operation or maintenance of PROFIBUS networks. A substantial number of interoperability tests are carried out which revealed many interoperability problems. These problems are well documented by the test laboratory and with a final test for each device it was assured that the PROFIBUS certificate, awarded by the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation, is a testimony of the quality concerning the communicational functionality. The service centre is put into the market and will conduct its work within the scope of the institute. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: D.Dt.F.QN1(20,37) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekBundesministerium fuer Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Bonn (Germany)DEGerman