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PROFIBUS
Technology and Application
System Description
Introduction
From the outset, the field of auto- around system integration, engi- tion technology in the world of
mation has been subject to con- neering and, in particular, the ap- automation opens up many new
tinuous change. Not so long ago, plication profiles. These profiles prospects for global data commu-
this change was limited to the pro- have made PROFIBUS the only nication between automation sys-
duction area of a company. In pro- fieldbus that provides comprehen- tems. In pursuit of this objective,
duction, the implementation of sive both factory and process PROFIBUS is enhanced by the
fieldbus technology has meant automation. Ethernet-based communication
considerable innovation, enabling standard PROFInet.
the migration from centralized to Additionally, Information Technol-
decentralized automation systems. ogy (IT) increasingly determines The use of open standards rather
This has been the PROFIBUS ob- development in today´s world of than proprietary solutions ensures
jective for more than 10 years. automation. Modern fieldbus sys- long-term compatibility and ex-
tems have adopted IT principles pandability - in other words - pro-
In those 10 years PROFIBUS has and are achieving greater consis- tection of existing investment. This
become the world market leader in tency with the corporate manage- is a matter of key importance to the
fieldbus technology. In spite of the ment level. In this respect, indus- PROFIBUS User Organization. The
outstanding success of recent trial automation is following the de- continuous development of PRO-
years, PROFIBUS development velopment trends of the office FIBUS technology provides
continues with undiminished en- world, where IT has long since left members with a long-term perspec-
thusiasm and energy. Initially the its mark, radically transforming in- tive.
focus was on communication tech- frastructure, systems and proc-
nology. Current activities center esses. The integration of informa-
Contents
Contents
This document describes the es- that, in spite of the care that has These chapters emulate the modu-
sential aspects of PROFIBUS and been taken in the preparation of lar layout of PROFIBUS, from
takes into account the level of this overview, only the PROFIBUS communication technology through
technology available at the end of documents available on the Inter- application profiles to system pro-
2002. Its objective is to provide a net are definitive and binding. files.
comprehensive description of the Please refer to them for more de-
world's leading fieldbus system, tailed information. Chapters 7 to 9 are more practi-
PROFIBUS, without becoming too cally oriented. They deal with sub-
engulfed in specific details. Chapters 1 and 2 offer an intro- jects such as device management,
duction to the principles of fieldbus implementation and certification.
This brochure not only offers suffi- technology and their implementa-
cient information to those with a tion with PROFIBUS. Chapter 10 presents the theory of
basic knowledge and readers in- operation of PROFInet.
terested in an overview, but it also Chapters 3 to 6 deal with the core
aspects of PROFIBUS and any Chapter 11 completes the bro-
introduces experts to more exten-
repetition of subject matter dealt chure with details of PROFIBUS In-
sive specialized literature. In this
with in Chapter 2 is intentional for ternational and the PROFIBUS
context, we would like to point out
reasons of completeness. User Organization.
1. Communication in PROFIBUS fulfills these criteria adopted standards IEC 61158 and
and offers an universal solution for IEC 61784. PROFIBUS is an inte-
Automation both factory and process automa- gral part of these standards.
tion.
Recently, Ethernet-based commu-
The communication capability of At the cell level programmable nication systems have emerged in
devices and subsystems and con- industrial automation. They offer
controllers such as PLCs and IPCs,
sistent information methodology wide-ranging options for communi-
communicate with each other and
are indispensible components of cations between the different levels
with IT systems of the office world
future-oriented automation con- of industrial automation and the of-
using standards such as Ethernet,
cepts. Communications are in- fice world. PROFInet is an example
TCP/IP, Intranet and Internet. This
creasingly occuring horizontally at of one such Ethernet-based com-
information flow requires large data
the field level as well as vertically munication system.
packets and a range of powerful
through several hierarchical levels
communication functions.
simultaneously. Layered and coor- A need for the coordinated devel-
dinated industrial communication As well as PROFIBUS, Ethernet- opment and distribution of these
systems, such as PROFIBUS with based PROFInet offers a trendset- fieldbus systems in the market has
lower-level interfacing to AS- ting solution for this purpose. seen the emergence of a number
Interface and upper level interfac- of User Organizations comprising
ing to Ethernet (over PROFInet) In the following PROFIBUS will be manufacturers, users and insti-
(see Figure 1), offer ideal precondi- described in detail as the central tutes, such as the PROFIBUS User
tions for transparent networking in connecting link for the information Organization (PNO) and its parent
all areas of the production process. flow in the automation industry. For organization PROFIBUS Interna-
information on AS-Interface please tional (PI) for PROFIBUS and
reffer to the relevant literature. Fur- PROFInet technologies.
1.1 Industrial thermore PROFInet will be briefly
presented in chapter 10. User benefits are the motivation
Communication for the emergence and continual
Fieldbuses are industrial com- development of fieldbus technol-
At the sensor-actuator level munication systems that use a
signals of binary sensors and ac- ogy. This ultimately manifests itself
range of media such as copper ca- as a reduction of the total cost of
tuators are transmitted over a sen-
ble, fiber optics or wireless, with ownership, as well as an increase
sor actuator bus. This provides a
bit-serial transmission for coupling in performance and quality im-
simple and cost-effective technol-
distributed field devices (sensors, provement during the setup and
ogy where data and power are
actuators, drives, transducers, etc.) operation of automation plants. The
transmitted over a shared medium.
to a central control or management benefits are achieved during con-
AS-Interface offers a suitable bus
system. Fieldbus technology was figuration, cabling, engineering,
system for this field of application.
developed in the 80s with the aim documentation, assembly and
At field level distributed devices of replacing the commonly used commissioning, as well as during
such as I/O modules, transducers, central parallel wiring and prevail- production. An additional benefit is
drive units, analysis devices, ing analog signal transmission achieved by the reduction of the to-
(4-20 mA- or +/- 10V interface) tal life-cycle costs in the form of
valves or operator terminals, com-
municate with automation systems withdigital technology. Due, in easy modification and continuous
parts, to the different industry- availability due to regular diagnosis
over a powerful, real-time commu-
specific demands and preferred information, preventive mainte-
nication system. Transmission of
proprietary solutions of large manu- nance, simple parameter assign-
the process data is cyclic, while
facturers, several bus systems with ment, consistent data flow and as-
additional interrupts, configuration
varying properties were established set management.
data and diagnosis data are trans-
mitted acyclically as required. in the market. The key technolo-
gies are now included in recently Fieldbuses increase the productiv-
ity and flexibility of automated
processes compared to conven-
tional technology and they create
Data communications
and simplify the transmission proc- oriented services (that means with
ess. handshake procedure and monitor-
1.2 Fieldbus Technology ing) and connectionless services.
Terms Bus access control (MAC, Me- The second group includes multi-
dium Access Control) is a specific cast and broadcast messages that
The ISO/OSI reference model procedure that determines at which are sent either to a specific group
describes communications be- point in time a station can send or to all stations.
tween the stations of a communica- data. While active stations can start
tion system. In order for it to run ef- the exchange of information, pas- Profiles are used in automation
fectively, defined rules and transfer sive stations may only begin com- technology to define specific prop-
interfaces need to be used for the munication when prompted by an erties and behavior for devices,
communications protocol. In 1983, active station. device families or entire systems.
the International Organization for Only devices and systems using a
Standardization (ISO) developed A distinction is made between a vendor-independent profile provide
the OSI reference model ("Open controlled, deterministic access interoperability on a fieldbus,
Systems Interconnection Re- procedure with real-time capability thereby fully exploiting the advan-
ference Model") for just this pur- (master-slave with PROFIBUS) tages of a fieldbus.
pose. This protocol defines the and a random, non-deterministic
elements, structures and tasks re- access procedure (CSMA/CD with Application profiles refer primarily
quired for communication and ar- Ethernet). to devices (field devices, controls
ranges them into seven layers with and integration tools) and comprise
each layer building upon the layer Addressing is necessary to se- both an agreed selection of bus
beneath (Fig. 2). Each layer has to lectively identify a station. For this communications and the specific
fulfill specified functions within the purpose, station addresses are as- device application. This type of pro-
communication process. If a com- signed either by an address switch file serves manufacturers as a
munication system does not re- (hard addresses) or during pa- specification for the development of
quire some of those specific func- rameter assignment during com- profile-conforming and interoper-
tions, the corresponding layers missioning (soft addresses). able devices. System profiles de-
have no purpose and are by- scribe classes of systems that in-
passed. PROFIBUS uses layers 1, Communication Services fulfill clude functionality, program inter-
2 and 7. communication tasks of the station faces and integration tools.
either cyclic or acyclic user data
Communications Protocols communication. The number and
define how two or more stations type of these services are criteria
exchange data using message for the application area of a com-
frames. A data frame contains dif- munications protocol. A distinction
ferent fields for messages and con- is made between connection-
trol information. The actual data
field is preceded by the header in- IEC 61158 OSI
Contents
formation (source and destination document layer
address and details of the subse- IEC 61158-1 Introduction
quent message) and followed by Physical layer specification and service
IEC 61158-2 1
the data security part containing definition
check information with regard to IEC 61158-3 Data-link service definition 2
the correctness of the transmission IEC 61158-4 Data-link protocol specification 2
(fault recognition). 7
IEC 61158-5 Application layer service definition
A feature of fieldbuses is that they IEC 61158-6 Application layer protocol specification 7
enable optimum transmission of
small, time-critical data volumes Table 1: Breakdown of IEC 61158
Application
Systems
Ident Systems
Profiles II
Devices
PROFIdrive
PA Devices
PROFIdrive
PA
for PA
V3.0
Encoder
and V3.0
Encoder
SEMI
SEMI
Weighing &
RIO for
V2.0 and
Technologies
Profiles 1…x
Weighing
RIO
Integration
V2.0
Ident
PA
System
IEC 61158/61784
Interfaces (Comm-FB,
Communication
Master Conformance
Descriptions (GSD,
Technologies
PROFIBUS DP
DP-V0...V2
Tools (DTM,
•• Descriptions
Constraints
•• Constraints
•• Interfaces
Transmission
•• Master
RS485: NRZ Fiber: Glass Multi Mode MBP *): Manchester Bus Powered
•• Tools
Technologies RS485-IS: Intrinsic Safety Optics: Glass Single Mode MBP-LP: Low Power
PCF / Plastic Fiber MBP-IS: Intrinsic Safety
2.4.3 Profiles
Profiles are the specifications de-
fined by manufacturers and users
regarding specific properties, per-
formance features and behavior of
devices and systems. Profile speci-
fications define the parameters and
behavior of devices and systems
that belong to a profile family built
around to profile-conformance de-
velopment, which facilitate device
interoperability and, in some in-
stances, device interchangeability
on a bus. Profiles take into account
application and type-specific spe- Fig. 5: PROFIBUS configuration with active masters and slaves
390 Ω
• "Manchester Coding (M)", and
Data line
• "Bus Powered", (BP).
RxD/TxD-P (3) (3) RxD/TxD-P RxD/TxD-P (3)
Data transmission Digital, bit-synchronous, Digital, differential Digital, differential Optical, digital, NRZ
Manchester encoding signals according signals according
to RS485, NRZ to RS485, NRZ
Transmission rate 31.25 KBit/s 9.6 to 12,000 KBit/s 9.6 to 1,500 KBit/s 9.6 to 12,000 KBit/s
Data security Preamble,error-protected, HD=4, Parity bit, HD=4, Parity bit, HD=4, Parity bit,
start/end delimiter start/end delimiter start/end delimiter start/end delimiter
Cable Shielded, twisted pair Shielded, twisted pair Shielded, twisted Multimode glass fiber,
copper copper, cable type A 4-wire, cable type A singlemode glass
fiber, PCF, plastic
Remote feeding Optional available over Available over Available over Available over
signal wire additional wire additional wire hybrid line
Protection type Instrinsic safety None Instrinsic safety None
(EEx ia/ib) (EEx ib)
Topology Line and tree topology Line topology with Line topology with Star and ring topology
with termination; also in termination termination typical; line topology
combination possible
Number Up to 32 stations per Up to 32 stations per Up to 32 stations per Up to 126 stations per
of stations segment; total sum of segment without segment; up to 126 network
max. 126 per network repeater; up to 126 stations with repeater
stations with repeater
Number Max. 4 repeater Max. 9 repeater with Max. 9 repeater with Unlimited with signal
of repeaters signal refreshing signal refreshing refreshing (time delay
of signal)
Table 4: Transmission technologies (Physical Layer) at PROFIBUS
Features
Device Features
geared towards process automa- Portable PLC Software Function Blocks (IEC 61131-3)
Fail-Safe Communication (PROFIsafe)
tion, in particular acyclic data Alarms
communication for parameter as- DP-V0
Device
Cyclic Data Exchange between PLC and Slave Devices
signment, operation, visualization plus extensions:
and alarm handling of intelligent GSD Configuration
Diagnosis
field devices, parallel to cyclic user Time
data communication. This permits
online access to stations using en- Fig. 8: Functionality of the PROFIBUS DP version with key features
gineering tools. In addition, DP-V1
defines alarms. Examples for dif- of these characteristics (see sum- System Configuration
ferent types of alarms are status mary in table 6).
alarm, update alarm and a manu-
and Device Types
facturer-specific alarm. Transmission Speed DP supports implementation of
DP only requires approx. 1 ms at both mono-master and multi-
DP-V2 contains further enhance- 12 Mbit/s for the transmission of master systems. This affords a
ments and is geared primarily to- 512 bits of input and 512 bits of high degree of flexibility during sys-
wards the demands of drive tech- output data distributed over 32 sta- tem configuration. A maximum of
nology. Due to additional function- tions. 126 devices (masters or slaves)
alities, such as isochronous slave Fig. 9 shows typical DP transmis- can be connected to a bus. The
mode and slave-to-slave communi- sion times, depending on the num- specifications for system configura-
cation (DXB, Data eXchange ber of stations and the transmis- tion define the following:
Broadcast) etc., the DP-V2 can sion rate. When using DP, input
also be implemented as a drive bus and output data are transmitted in • number of stations
for controlling fast movement se- a single message cycle. With DP,
quences in drive axes. • assignment of station ad-
user data is transmitted using the dresses to the I/O addresses,
The various versions of DP are SRD Services (Send and Receive
Data Service) of layer 2. • data consistences of I/O data,
specified in detail in the IEC 61158.
The following explains the key • the format of diagnosis mes-
Diagnosis Functions sages and
characteristics.
The comprehensive diagnosis
• the bus parameters used.
functions of DP enable fast location
of faults. The diagnosis messages Device Types
3.2.1 Basic Functions are transmitted over the bus and Each DP system is made up of 3
DP-V0 collected at the master. These different device types.
messages are divided into three
The central controller (master) levels: DP Master Class 1 (DPM1)
This is a central controller that cy-
• reads input information from Device-Specific Diagnosis clically exchanges information with
the slaves cyclically and Messages on the general readi- the distributed stations (slaves) at a
ness for service of a station, such specified message cycle. Typical
• writes output information to the as "Overheating", "Undervoltage" DPM1 devices are programmable
slaves cyclically. or "Interface unclear". logic controllers (PLCs) or PCs. A
The bus cycle time should be DPM1 has active bus access with
Module-Related Diagnosis which it can read measurement
shorter than the program cycle time These messages indicate whether
of the central automation system, data (inputs) of the field devices
a diagnosis is pending within a and write the setpoint values (out-
which is approx. 10 ms for many specific I/O subdomain of a station
applications. However, a faster puts) of the actuators at fixed
(for example 8-bit output module). times. This continuously repeating
data throughput alone is not
enough for successful implementa- Channel-Related Diagnosis cycle is the basis of the automation
tion of a bus system. Simple han- These messages indicate the function.
dling, good diagnosis capabilities cause of a fault related to an indi-
and interference-proof transmission vidual input/output bit (channel),
technology are also key factors. DP such as "Short-circuit at output".
provides an optimum combination
Cyclic Data Communication Fig. 9: Bus cycle times of a DP mono-master system. Boundary conditions:
each slave has 2 bytes of input and output data
between the DPM1 and the
Slaves
The slaves begin sync mode when slaves are fitted with monitoring
Data communication between the they receive a sync command from mechanisms in the form of time
DPM1 and its assigned slaves is the assigned master. The outputs monitors. The monitoring interval is
automatically handled by the DPM1 of all addressed slaves are then defined during configuration.
in a defined, recurring sequence frozen in their current state. During
(see Fig. 11). The user defines the subsequent user data transmis- At the DP Master
assignment of the slave(s) to the sion, the output data are stored at The DPM1 uses a
DPM1 when configuring the bus the slave while the output states Data_Control_Timer to monitor the
system. The user also defines remain unchanged. The stored data communication of the slaves.
which slaves are to be in- output data are not sent to the out- A separate timer is used for each
cluded/excluded in the cyclic user puts until the next sync command slave. The time monitor is tripped if
data communication. is received. Sync mode is termi- no correct user data transfer is
nated with the "unsync" command. executed within the monitoring in-
Data communication between the terval. In this case, the user is noti-
DPM1 and the slaves is divided In the same way, a freeze com- fied. If the automatic error handling
into three phases: parameteriza- mand causes the addressed slaves (Auto_Clear = True) is enabled, the
tion, configuration and data trans- to enter freeze mode. In this DPM1 exits the operate state,
fer. Before the master includes a mode, the states of the inputs are switches the outputs of the as-
DP slave in the data transfer frozen at their current value. The signed slaves to the fail-safe state
phase, a check is run during the input data are not updated again and shifts to the clear mode.
parameterization and configuration until the master sends the next
phase to ensure that the configured freeze command. Freeze mode is At the Slave
setpoint configuration matches the terminated with the "unfreeze" The slave uses the watchdog con-
actual device configuration. During command. trol to detect errors of the master or
this check, the device type, format transmission. If no data communi-
and length information and the cation with the master occurs
number of inputs and outputs must within the watchdog control inter-
Protective Mechanisms
also correspond. This provides the val, the slave automatically
user with reliable protection against For safety reasons, it is necessary switches its outputs to the fail-safe
parameterization errors. In addition to ensure that DP has effective pro- state.
to user data transfer, which is tective functions against incorrect
automatically executed by the In addition, access protection is re-
parameterization or failure of
DPM1, the user can also request quired for the outputs of the slaves
transmission equipment. For this
that new parameterization data are operating in multi-master systems.
purpose the DP master and the
sent to the slaves. This ensures that only the author-
Extended diagnosis
As a further function, the device-
specific diagnosis of the DP-V1 Fig. 12: Configuration of diagnosis messages in DP-V0 and DP-V1
have been enhanced and divided
Fig. 13: Cyclic and acyclic communication in DP-V1 Through the length specification in
the read/write request it is also
possible to read/write parts of a
data block. When access to the
Master data block was successful, the
position controller cycle TM TM TM
slave sends a positive read/write
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 response or may otherwise be able
to classify the problem by means of
global
control
its negative response.
DP-cycle
MSG DX
S1 DX
Slave1..3
TO TI TO TI TO TI
• Consecutive numbering of
safety telegrams.
Current status
Designation Profile contents of
PNO guideline
V2
3.072
The profile specifies the behavior of devices and the access proce-
PROFIdrive
dure to data for variable-speed electrical drives on PROFIBUS.
V3
3.172
The profile specifies the characteristics of devices of process engi- V3.0
PA devices
neering in process automation on PROFIBUS. 3.042
The profile describes how handling and assembly robots are con- V1.0
Robots/NC
trolled over PROFIBUS. 3.052
The profile describes the interfacing of simple human machine inter- V1.0D
Panel devices
face devices (HMI) to higher-level automation components. 3.082
The profile describes the interfacing of rotary, angle and linear en- V1.1
Encoders
coders with single-turn or multi-turn resolution. 3.062
The profile describes the control of hydraulic drives over PROFIBUS. V1.5
Fluid power
In cooperation with VDMA. 3.112
The profile describes characteristics of devices for semiconductor
SEMI 3.152
manufacture on PROFIBUS (SEMI standard).
Low-voltage The profile defines data exchange for low-voltage switchgear (switch-
3.122
switchgear disconnectors, motor starters, etc.) on PROFIBUS DP.
The profile describes the implementation of weighing and dosage sys-
Dosing/weighing 3.162
tems on PROFIBUS DP.
The profile describes the communications between devices for identi-
Ident systems 3.142
fication purposes (bar codes, transponders).
The profile defines the implementation of liquid pumps on PROFIBUS
Liquid pumps 3.172
DP. In cooperation with VDMA.
Due to their special place in bus operations, a different device model
Remote I/O for PA
and data types are applied to the remote I/Os compared to the 3.132
devices
PROFIBUS PA devices.
Value Status
A value status information item is
added to the measured value,
which delivers a statement of the
quality of the measured value.
There are three quality levels bad,
uncertain and good and additional
information is provided on a sub-
status that is assigned to each
quality level.
Fig. 22: Block structure of a field device (with multifunctionality) Fail-Safe Behavior
ues/postprocessing settings" (Fig. block is a "module" in this context. The PA Device profile also pro-
21- filter, limit value control, fail- The PA Device profile offers a se- vides fail-safe characteristics. If a
safe behavior, operating mode se- lection of function blocks for this fault has occurred in the measuring
lection) is in the function blocks. purpose. Devices with a configured chain, the device output is set to a
modularity are described as multi- user-definable value. Users can se-
Specifications in the variable devices. lect between three different fail-
PA Device Profile safe behavior types.
Devices with Several
It is only possible to show a selec- Process Variables Please refer to the relevant docu-
tion of the specifications in brief. Process devices increasingly offer ment, the PROFIBUS Guideline
For further details, please refer to several process variables, for ex- "Profile for Process Control De-
the specification or the relevant lit- ample using several sensors or in vices", Order No. 3.042.
erature, for example "PROFIBUS the form of derived variables. This
PA" (Ch. Diedrich/ Th. Bange- is taken into account in the trans- 5.3 Fluid Power
mann, Oldenbourg-Industrie- ducer blocks of the profile by dif-
verlag). This profile describes data ex-
ferentiating between Primary Value change formats and parameters for
(PV) and Secondary Value (SV). proportional valves, hydrostatic
Illustration of the Signal
Chain pumps and drives and is based
Limit-Value Check
The profile PA Devices specifies closely on the PROFIdrive defini-
Part of the information processing
the functions and parameters that tions. Either a parameter channel
transferred to the device is the
are related to each step of the sig- on DP-V0 or acyclic communica-
limit-value check. For this purpose,
nal chain, as shown in Fig. 25. As tion over DP-V1 are used for sup-
PA Devices offers corresponding
an example, Fig. 23 and Table 9 plying device parameters.
mechanisms for signalling when
provide details of the step "calibra-
tion" and Fig. 24 shows the step
"limit-value check". Parameter Parameter description
Level
Batch Parameter Sets
Values
Output
in batch processes, the profile al- Upper limit in cm³
Modular Devices
With PROFIBUS a distinction is Sensor measured value Adaptation of measuring range Time
• Cyclic communications
rameters that are made avail- Standardized Function
• Acyclic communications able to the field devices, Blocks (Communication
• Diagnosis, alarm handling • application profiles require Function Blocks)
• Clock control specific system parameters in To realize manufacturer independ-
order to simplify their defined ent system profiles, it is necessary
• Slave-to-slave communication,
characteristics. to specify, additionally to the al-
isochronous mode
ready existing communications
• Safety By using these profiles the device platform, an Application Program-
manufacturers focus on existing or mer´s Interface (API, Fig. 27), us-
specified system profiles and the ing standardized function blocks.
system manufacturers can provide
System Profiles for PROFIBUS the platforms required by the exist- While application programmers can
go a step further and describe ing or specified device application usually access cyclic communica-
classes of systems including the profiles. tion data (MS0 channel) over the
master functionality, the possible process image of a control system,
functionality of Standard Program PROFIBUS has realized a number in the past there was no system-
Interfaces (FB in accordance with of system profiles based on tried neutral program interface for acy-
IEC 61131-3, safety layer and and tested applications in the field, clic data. In view of the wide range
FDT) and integration options (GSD, (see Fig. 26). These are expected of manufacturers and devices,
EDD and DTM). Fig. 26 shows the to be stipulated in specifications in standards are needed to be estab-
standard platforms available today. the near future and extended by lished in this area to enable inte-
further profiles in keeping with fu- gration of different field devices
In the PROFIBUS system, the ture demands.
master and system profiles provide without specific communication
the much needed counterpart to knowledge in the application pro-
the application profiles (Fig. 27): grams of different control systems.
For this purpose, the PNO has now
• Master and system profiles specified its guideline "Communi-
describe specific system pa- cation and Proxy Function Blocks
according to IEC 61138-3". This
guideline specifies function blocks
in a " combinations of standards "
that are based on the widely used
..... standard IEC 61131-3 (program-
Application Profiles ming languages) and also use the
are using one or more of these
PROFIBUS-defined communication
Master/System Profiles services of the IEC 61158.
are supporting one ore more of
these Application Profiles The guideline defines communica-
Master/System Profiles tions blocks for Master Classes 1
and 2 as well as slaves and several
auxiliary functions. The technologi-
cal functionality of a field device
Discrete Discrete
Manu- Manu-
e.g. can be addressed under a compact
Motion PG/PC
facturing facturing Process Safety identification, which is used consis-
Control Master
Lower Upper Class 2 tently by all blocks. All blocks also
Range Range
have a common concept for dis-
playing errors with coding in accor-
dance with IEC 61158-6.
Fig. 26: Master/system profiles for PROFIBUS The PLC manufacturers of the cor-
responding system classes/profiles
Documentation
By way of further support, the PNO
offers all users and manufacturers
a wide and very comprehensive
range of documentation. This is
provided in English and divided into
the following categories:
A
H
Actuator/sensor level .......................................1
Acyclic data communication ..........................11 HART ............................................................ 17
Addressing.......................................................2
Addressing with slot and index......................15 I
AS-Interface.....................................................1 Ident systems................................................ 22
IEC
B IEC 61158................................................... 3
Block model ...................................................20 IEC 61784................................................... 3
Broadcast.........................................................2 Implementation ............................................. 29
Bus access control ..........................................2 Installation instructions
Installation instructions for MBP ................. 9
C Interface module ........................................... 29
ISO/OSI reference model ............................... 2
Cell level ..........................................................1
Issue of a certificate ...................................... 28
Certification....................................................28
Clock synchronization....................................11 K
Comm-FB ......................................................24
Communication Keys to success .............................................. 6
Communication in automation.....................1
Communications protocols........................10 L
Competence Centers.....................................33 Links................................................................ 9
conformity test ...............................................28
CPF..................................................................3 M
Cyclic data communication............................13 Manufacturer ID ............................................ 26
MBP ................................................................ 8
D Modular devices............................................ 21
Data
Data frame...................................................2 O
Lateral data communication ......................11 OPC .............................................................. 32
Device management......................................25
Device types ..................................................11 P
Diagnostic functions ......................................12 PA devices .................................................... 20
Documentation ..............................................33 Physical Block (PB) ...................................... 20
DP....................................................................6 PROFIBUS...................................................... 4
DP-V0........................................................11 PROFIBUS DP ......................................... 10
DP-V1........................................................11 PROFIBUS International ............................ 4
DP-V2........................................................11 PROFIBUS User Organization ................. 33
DPM PROFIdrive ................................................... 19
DPM1 ..................................................11, 12 Profiles ........................................................ 2, 6
DPM2 ........................................................12 Profile ID................................................... 26
DTM ...............................................................25 PROFInet .................................................. 3, 31
The PROFInet engineering model............ 31
E PROFIsafe .................................................... 17
EDD .........................................................25, 26 Protocol chips ............................................... 29
F R
FDT/DTM concept .........................................27 Remote I/Os.................................................. 22
Fiber optics ......................................................9 Repeaters ....................................................... 7
Field level.........................................................1 RPA............................................................... 33
FISCO model.................................................10 RS485
Fluid power ....................................................21 RS485......................................................... 5
FMS .................................................................5 RS485-IS ................................................ 5, 7
G S
General application profiles ...........................17 Segment couplers ........................................... 9
GSD ...............................................................25 SEMI ............................................................. 22
SIL monitor.................................................... 17
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