Diagnostics User Interface - Omron CS1W-PRM21 Operation Manual

Generic Slave Device DTM
Selecting the Groups
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Diagnostics User Interface

Basic Diagnostics
Extended Diagnostics
Updating the Diagnostics
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The User can check the check boxes for each group the slave device will
belong to. The group setting is transferred to the slave device as part of the
parameter message.
The Generic Slave Device DTM provides a Diagnostics User Interface to dis-
play diagnostics data sent by the slave device to the PROFIBUS-DP Master
Unit. In general a slave device can send two type of diagnostics.
• Basic Diagnostics
The first six bytes of each diagnostic message sent by a slave device
contain mandatory status and error flags. The flags are defined by the
PROFIBUS standard. refer to Appendix B Slave Diagnostics Message for
a detailed overview of diagnostics. The basic diagnostics information is
displayed in the Diagnostic tab of the Diagnostics User Interface.
• Extended Diagnostics
Depending on the type of slave device, it may additionally send Extended
diagnostic bytes in a format defined in the PROFIBUS standard. The
Extended diagnostics usually contain device specific diagnostics informa-
tion. The Extended diagnostics information is displayed in the Extended
Diagnostics tab of the Diagnostics User Interface.
The Diagnostics User Interface contains two tabbed windows. It also contains
an Update button, which will - when pressed - refresh the diagnostics data, by
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