Configure The Master - Danfoss VLT Midi Drive FC 280 Programming Manual

Configuration

3.2 Configure the Master

3.2.1 GSD File
To configure a PROFIBUS master, the configuration tool
needs a GSD file for each type of slave on the network.
The GSD file is a PROFIBUS DP standard text file containing
the necessary communications set-up data for a slave.
Download the GSD file for FC 280 from drives.danfoss.com/
services/software-downloads/.
PROFIBUS SW version
(parameter 15-61 Option SW
Version)
Version 5.12 and above.
Table 3.2 GSD File
The following example shows the procedure of configuring
a PROFIBUS master for FC 280.
1. Import the GSD file in the configuration tool.
2. Import the GSD file to the Simatic Manager
software tool. Import a GSD file once, and then
follow the initial installation of the software tool.
See Illustration 3.2.
3. Use the browser for the GSD file, install all files,
and import both a GSD file and a bitmap for the
device into the hardware catalog. See
Illustration 3.3 and Illustration 3.4.
Illustration 3.2 Install GSD File
MG07F102
Programming Guide
GSD file
DA01040F.GSD
Illustration 3.3 Import a GSD File and a Bitmap
Illustration 3.4 Add a GSD File
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