Profibus Pa Communications For Sitrans Lr400; Device Description; The Gsd File; Bus Address (Device Address) - Siemens Sitrans LR400 Instruction Manual

Appendix V

PROFIBUS PA Communications for SITRANS LR400

PROFIBUS PA is an open industrial protocol. Full details about PROFIBUS PA can be
obtained from PROFIBUS International at www.profibus.com
SITRANS LR400 is a Profile 3.0, Class A, PA device. It supports Class 1 Master for Cyclic
data exchange, and Class 2 for acyclic services: (See below for details).
SITRANS LR400 can be configured using a software package. The recommended
software package is the SIMATIC® Process Device Manager (PDM) by Siemens.
SITRANS LR400 should work well with any of the different software packages available.
Please consult the operating instructions or online help for details on using PDM. For
more information, go to www.fielddevices.com: go to Products and Solutions->Products
and Systems-> Process Device Manager.

Device Description

In order to use Process Device Manager (PDM) with PROFIBUS PA, you will need the
Device Description, which will be included with new versions of PDM. Currently you can
locate the Device Description in Device Catalog, under Level/Echo/Siemens Milltronics.
If you do not see SITRANS LR400 under Siemens Milltronics, you can download it from
our web site. Go to the SITRANS LR400 product page at: www.siemens.com/LR400
and click Downloads.

The GSD file

The GSD file SM_062A.GSD is available from our website. You can download it from our
web site. Go to the SITRANS LR400 product page at: www.siemens.com/LR400 and click
Downloads. (There is an example on page 101:
an S7-300 PLC
.)

Bus address (Device Address)

Values
• This value can be set via Bus Address in the Auto-setup parameters, or over the
network. (After changing the value, turn the unit off and back on again in order for
the change to take effect.)
7ML19985FH06 SITRANS LR400 (7ML5421) – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Range: 0 to 126
Pre-set: 126
To configure and use PROFIBUS PA with
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