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918 DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29
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14.4 Profibus DP Device Editor
Hardware configuration corresponding to the Profibus DP standard is supported by the
'Device Editor Profibus' plug-in .
A Profibus DP system consists of one or several masters and their slaves. Each slave is
provided with a parameter set by its master and supplies data on request of the
master. At the initialization of the bus system each master parameterizes the slaves
which are assigned to it by the configuration. In a running bus system the master
sends and/or requests data to/from the slaves.
In order to be able to insert and configure Profibus devices as objects in the devices
tree, the device description files which are provided together with the hardware, must
be imported via the Device Repository dialog. Device description files for Profibus
modules are provided in different languages and by default have extension
GS<country identifier>. The country identifier for example is "E" for English and "D" for
German.
Below a master there can be inserted one or several slaves. Below a Profibus
device appropriate I/O-modules can be inserted. Inserting of an object is done via
command Add device resp. Insert device or Plug device. Also notice the possibility to
temporarily disable a device from participating in network communication.
Abb. 502 Example of DP configuration
If a Profibus DP device is selected in the devices tree, the Device Editor dialog at least
will provide tabs for the 'DP Parameters' and the 'Information' dialogs. The
'...Configuration' dialog will only be available if activated in the Device options. The 'I/O
Mapping' dialog will only be available for input/output modules, the 'NetX
Configuration' dialog only for NetX fieldbus masters.