ProfiTrace Applications

No.1 – DP analysis

USB

The
The most
most common
common application
application is
is the
the ProfiCore
ProfiCore inin combination
combination
with
with ProfiTrace
ProfiTrace software.
software. The
The user
user gets
gets aa quick
quick indication
indication
about
about the
the ‘health’
‘health’ of
of the
the PROFIBUS
PROFIBUS DP DP installation:
installation:
-Fall-outs,
-Fall-outs, Retries
Retries
-Corrupted
-Corrupted data
data
-Diagnostic
-Diagnostic messages
messages
-Identity
-Identity of
of the
the connected
connected devices
devices
-Etc.
-Etc.

In
In some
some installations
installations the
the ProfiCore
ProfiCore has
has aa fixed
fixed position
position on
on
DIN-rail
DIN-rail with
with aa constant
constant logging
logging running.
running.

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No.2 – PA analysis (1)

For
For analysis
analysis on
on the
the PA
PA bus,
bus, the
the ‘PA
‘PA Probe’
Probe’ has
has to
to be
be
connected
connected to to the
the ProfiCore.
ProfiCore. This
This provides
provides an
an easy
easy access
access
to
to the
the information
information onon the
the PA
PA bus.
bus.

This
This application
application is
is perfect
perfect for
for engineering,
engineering, commissioning
commissioning
and
and maintenance
maintenance on on Siemens,
Siemens, ABBABB and
and Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs
DP/PA
DP/PA links.
links.

USB

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No.2 – PA analysis (2)

Siemens DP/PA Link

PA Probe

ProfiCore

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No.3 – Electrical measurements (1)

The
The feature
feature port
port on
on ProfiCore
ProfiCore provides
provides aa trigger
trigger signal
signal for
for
oscilloscopes.
oscilloscopes. By By means
means of of aa simple
simple click
click on
on the
the devices
devices inin the
the
Live
Live List,
List, the
the electrical
electrical signals
signals from
from every
every bus
bus node
node on
on DP
DP and
and
PA
PA (with
(with the
the PA
PA probe)
probe) can
can bebe inspected.
inspected.

USB oscilloscope (TiePie)

Trigger

USB
USB

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No.3 – Electrical measurements (2)

Regular oscilloscope (Tektronix)

Trigger

USB

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No.3 – Electrical measurements (3)

Field oscilloscope (Fluke)

Trigger

USB

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No.4 – Remote analysis

USB

Intranet /
Internet /
Wireless

Ethernet

With
With aa USB
USB to
to Ethernet
Ethernet gateway
gateway the
the end-user
end-user can
can be
be on
on aa
distance
distance from
from the
the installation
installation and
and still
still benefit
benefit from
from ProfiTrace
ProfiTrace
(DP,
(DP, PA
PA and
and the
the electrical
electrical measurements).
measurements).

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