The panorama and challenges of PROFIBUS technology in brazilian market

Industrial communication protocols are a key factor on Industry 4.0. The big amount of data, the ability to prevent failures and deal with them in a friendly interface is priceless. But most of players of a protocol chain are not well prepared for system installation, commissioning and diagnose failures in time. Since the network scenario in industrial application has been stratified (by different technologies and by successive installations), lack of knowledge at lower levels could cause a big impact on the performance of Industry 4.0 services. In this context, this paper aims to present an online survey with 173 people which was carried out to investigate the experience of different industrial market segments dealing (at field level) with PROFIBUS protocol technology in Brazil. The analysis clearly shows the need for training and more information for the whole chain. In this paper, some methods are proposed to turn this easier: such as the partnership between companies and universities through donations or loans of tools, among others.