Endress+Hauser Levelflex M FMP41C Operating Instructions Manual page 35

Levelflex M FMP41C PROFIBUS PA
Endress+Hauser
5.5.3 Device database and type files (GSD)
A device database file (GSD) contains a description of the properties of the PROFIBUS-PA device,
e.g. the supported transmission rates and the type and format of the digital information output to
the PLC. Additional bitmap files are required in order to represent the device by an icon in the
network design software. Every device is allocated an identity code by the PROFIBUS User
Organisation (PNO). This appears in the device data base file name (.gsd). The Levelflex M has the
ID number 0x152D (hex) = 5421 (dec).
Source of supply
• Internet (ftp-Server): ftp://194.196.152.203/pub/communic/gsd/Levelflex_m.EXE
• CD-ROM with GSD files for all Endress+Hauser devices. Order-Code: 50097200
• GSD library of the PROFIBUS User Organisation (PNO):http: //www.PROFIBUS.com
Directory structure
The files are oranized in the folowing strucutre:
Levelflex_M/PA/Profile3/Revision1.0/
• The GSD files in the directory "Extended" are needed for the network design software STEP 7 of
the S7-300/400 PLC family.
• The GSD files in the directory "Standard" are used for PLCs, which do not support an identifier
format but only an identifier byte (e.g. PLC5 of Allen-Bradley)
• For the network design tool COM ET200 with Siemens S5 instead of an GSD file the Type file
"EH_3152Dx.200" and instead of the BMP files the DIB files have to be used.
Universal Database File
As an alternative to the device specific GSD file, the PNO provides an universal database file with
the designation PA139700.gsd for devices with one analogue input block. This file supports the
transmission of the main value. Transmission of a second cyclic value or a display value is not
supported. When the universal database is used, the option "profile" must be selected in the
function "Ident number" (061).
BMP/
Eh152D_d.bmp
Eh152D_n.bmp
Eh152D_s.bmp
DIB/
Eh152D_d.dib
Eh152D_n.dib
Eh152D_s.dib
GSD/
Extended/Eh3x152D.gsd
Standard/Eh3_152D.gsd
Typdat5x/Eh3152Dx.200
Info/
Liesmich.pdf
Readme.pdf
Operation
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