Information On Profibus Pa - Vega VEGABAR 51 Operating Instructions Manual

10 Supplement
10.2 Information on Profibus PA
Instrument master file
the Profibus PA instrument. These data are, e.g. the permissible transmission rates as well as
information on diagnostics values and the format of the measured value outputted by the PA
instrument.
A bitmap file is also provided for the Profibus network planning tool. This file is installed automatically
when the GSD file is integrated. The bitmap file is used for symbolic indication of the PA instrument in
the configuration tool.
Ident number
number) from the Profibus user organisation (PNO). This ID number is also included in the name of
the GSD file. For VEGABAR 51 the ID number is 0 x 076F(hex) and the GSD file BR__076F.GSD.
As an option to this manufacturer-specific GSD file, PNO provides also a general so-called profile-
specific GSD file. For VEGABAR 51 you have to use the general GSD file PA139701.GSD. If the
general GSD file is used, the sensor must be set to the profile-specific ident number via the DTM
software. By default, the sensor operates with the manufacturer-specific ID number.
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The instrument master file (GSD) contains the characteristic data of
Each Profibus instrument gets an unambiguous ident number (ID
Note:
When using the profile-specific GSD file, the PA-OUT value as well as
the temperature value are transmitted to the PLC (see block diagram
"Cyclical data traffic").
VEGABAR 51 • Profibus PA