Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual page 463

Procedure
18.9.1 Displaying details for DP slaves
Further information about the slots of a selected DP slave is displayed here.
Display
Slave
Address
Communication state
In synchronism with NC
Slots
No.
I/O addr.
Type
Length (bytes)
SINUMERIK Operate (IM9)
Commissioning Manual, 12/2017, 6FC5397-1DP40-6BA1
1. Select the "Diagnostics" operating area.
2. Press the "Menu forward" key and the "Bus TCP/IP" softkey.
The "PROFIBUS Diagnostics" window is opened.
3. If several PROFIBUS connections have been configured, press the "Bus
-" or "Bus +" softkey to select the desired configuration.
- OR -
Press the "Select bus" softkey and in the list that is displayed, select the
required configuration.
Press the "OK" softkey.
Meaning/information
The DP slave selected in the PROFIBUS diagnostics / slaves pane
Data regarding the NC and/or PLC assignment of the DP slave
Data regarding NC synchronous operation of the DP slave
If a synchronous value is not available for the DP slave, then the display
remains hidden.
Slot number within the DP slave
I/O address in the I/O address space of the PLC, assigned to this slot
For NC axes, the setpoint and the actual value must always be configured
on the same I/O address.
Data as to whether the slot is input, output or diagnostic slot
If the slot is assigned to an NC axis, then the output is always denoted as
setpoint value and the input always as actual value.
Length of the I/O area reserved for the slot in the STEP7 I/O address space
Service and diagnostics
18.9 PROFIBUS diagnosis
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