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ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual
User Manual
ProfiTrace 2
PROFIBUS Combi-Analyzer on USB
PROFIBUS analyzer with powerful statistics
High speed digital oscilloscope
Bar graphs
DP-V0/V1 master
Reporting
PROFIBUS to USB interface
Suitable for PROFIBUS DP and PA
9,6 kbps to 12 Mbps
ProfiTrace 2 is suitable for XP and Vista platforms
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Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007
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ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc
© PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved

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  • Page 1 DP-V0/V1 master Reporting PROFIBUS to USB interface Suitable for PROFIBUS DP and PA 9,6 kbps to 12 Mbps ProfiTrace 2 is suitable for XP and Vista platforms _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 1 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 2 ProfiCore is a registered trademark of PROCENTEC. Other products or company names are or may be registered trademarks and are the property of their respective companies.
  • Page 3 The Netherlands Tel.: +31-(0)174-671800 Fax: +31-(0)174-671801 Email: info@procentec.com Document Updates You can obtain constantly updated information on PROCENTEC products on the Internet at www.procentec.com You can also contact PROCENTEC Customer Support: • By phone at +31-(0)174-671800 • By fax at +31-(0)174-671801 •...
  • Page 4 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 4 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Frequently Asked Questions ..................... 43 Distributors..........................45 Order codes..........................47 Glossary............................49 Revision History.......................... 52 Next version ..........................53 _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 5 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 6 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 6 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 7: Product Description

    PROFIBUS PA installations with the PA Probe Ultra. ProfiTrace 2 is an essential tool for maintenance, commissioning and troubleshooting as well as product development. The classical failures such as noise, reflections, voltage drops, termination problems, double addresses, wire breaks and configuration faults are easily identified. Random errors such as overshoots, error telegrams, repeats and diagnostics can also be captured and logged.

  • Page 8: Application Areas

    Address setting of PROFIBUS devices (ProfiCaptain). Education. 1.3 Detectable faults ProfiTrace 2 can be used to detect almost all faults in PROFIBUS networks. The table below describes the sub-programs you need to find specific faults. Faults on DP Passive cable...

  • Page 9: Proficore Ultra

    ProfiTrace 1.4 ProfiCore Ultra ProfiCore Ultra is the required hardware to use ProfiTrace 2. It translates PROFIBUS to USB and vice versa. When ProfiTrace 2 is in the analyzer mode, it passively monitors activity on PROFIBUS and detects the presence of data traffic sent by participants on the bus. It only observes the data traffic and does not function on the bus as a master or slave.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual 1.5 System requirements In order to use ProfiTrace 2 and all sub programs, your computer system should include the hardware and software listed below: Minimum requirements: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista 600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent...

  • Page 11: Software Installation Instructions (Windows Xp)

    ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual 2 Software installation instructions (Windows XP) This chapter describes the installation for ProfiTrace 2 and the ProfiCore Ultra drivers. It is assumed that you have a basic knowledge of Windows operating systems. All example and dialogs are based on a US/UK based windows installation and may differ slightly based on upgrades, updates and enhancements.

  • Page 12: Setup Program

    Blue letters are OK, red letters indicate a problem. The driver can also be installed manually by starting “DriverInstall.exe”. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 12 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 13: Profitrace Installation

    ProfiTrace. Click “Next” to proceed. You have to accept the terms of the license agreement. Click “Next” to proceed. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 13 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 14 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual Fill in your name and organization. Click “Next” to proceed. Select your destination folder. Click “Next” to proceed. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 14 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 15 After the installation process ProfiTrace is ready for use, however we recommend rebooting the PC. Click “Finish” to close the install shield. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 15 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 16: Connecting Proficore Ultra To The Usb Port

    Click “Next” to proceed. Select the location of the drivers. Normally the first option is sufficient. Click “Next” to proceed. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 16 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 17: Installing Gsd Files

    You only have to do this ones! Unless you remove, add or edit a GSD file. You can also point to a GSD directory of another application. Scanning is still required. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 17 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 18 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 18 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 19: License System

    ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual 3 License system 3.1 Introduction ProfiTrace 2 can be used Offline without licenses. For Online functionality, you need the license for the parts you want to use. You can purchase a license for the following combinations: •...

  • Page 20: Storage Location Of The License Files

    There are 2 was to obtain the license files (see Fig. 4): 1) You can download the license file through our website: www.procentec.com/licenses Fill in your data and serial number of the ProfiCore Ultra (See paragraph 3.2 where to find the serial number).
  • Page 21 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual Fig. 4 – Obtaining the license files _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 21 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 22 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 22 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 23: Quick Start

    After the baudrate has been detected, the Live List and the detected baudrate as in Fig. 6 should be visible. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 23 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 24 • ProfiCaptain All modes work parallel. Navigating to another mode will NOT erase the information from the previous mode. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 24 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 25: Scopeware

    ProfiTrace ‘thinks’ it detects on the bus. The end user can compare this with the signals that are measured with the oscilloscope and makes a judgment about the signal quality (see Fig. 9). _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 25 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 26 Fig. 8 – ScopeWare Detected glitch Detected glitch Bit interpretation in the signalling in the signalling Fig. 9 – Bit interpretation _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 26 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 27: Bar Graph

    Fig. 12 shows and example of the Bar graph when there is low impedance or short-circuit in the bus cable. The voltages are lower than normal and some bars are coloured red. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 27 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 28 Fig. 11 – Bar graph when it senses missing termination or a wire break Very low message amplitude Fig. 12 – Bar graph when it senses a low impedance _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 28 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 29: Proficaptain

    (see Fig. 14). _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 29 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 30: Profitrace

    Because this feature is available, the user does not have to inspect messages or do difficult operations to have insurance about the quality of the installation. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 30 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 31 GSD library is imported, it is also possible to inspect process values and see diagnostic information in understandable text. All the other basic busmonitor features like: logging, file management, search functions, etc are supported. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 31 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 32 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 32 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 33: Oscilloscope Measurements (Rs 485 - Dp)

    Relatively low noise during idle state Acceptable reflections Fig. 16 – Acceptable RS 485 – DP Signals _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 33 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 34: Termination Missing Or Wire Break

    _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 34 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 35: Short Circuit Between The A And B Line

    Data Exchange. Fig. 17 shows an example of a short circuit when the distance is far. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 35 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 36 Detected glitch in the signalling Fig. 20 – Short circuit between the A and B line (far) _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 36 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 37: Training

    ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual 6 Training This chapter contains some exercises to enhance the practical knowledge of ProfiTrace 2. 6.1 First steps Assignment 1 Software installation Install the ProfiTrace software on the PC/Laptop. Copy the required GSD files to the GSD directory of ProfiTrace.

  • Page 38: Basic Faults With Profitrace

    Go to the field ‘Retries (total for this station)’, switch OFF a slave and analyse the values. Fix all the faults! Check if the ‘Syncs’ have stopped. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 38 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 39: Double Address With Profitrace

    Click on ‘Reset All’ to clean up all the statistics. Go to the field ‘Data Exchange Interval (msec)’. What is the cycle time of the installation? _______ _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 39 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 40 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 40 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 41: Technical Data Proficore Ultra

    Differential -9 to +9 V Single ended -4,5 to +8,5 V (with the PA Probe ultra these values are different) _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 41 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 42 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 42 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 43: Frequently Asked Questions

    Is ProfiTrace 2 the same as the Profibus Tester, PBT3 and other analyzers? ProfiTrace 2 is much better; it combines all the other clunky and expensive tools to just 1 simple USB interface. You only have to do 1 investment to get everything and it can do a lot more. Also you have integrated master functionality that the others cannot provide.
  • Page 44 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 44 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 45: Distributors

    Tel.: +912026960050 Fax: +31-(0)76-5719261 Tel.: +86-10-82285088 or 62055653 Fax: +912026962079 Email: at@eselektro.nl Fax: +86-10-62055653 Email: uday.jadhav@ulepl.com Internet: www.eselektro.nl Email: training@cameta.org.cn _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 45 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 46 ER-SOFT, SA Av. Constitucion, 4 E-28230 Las Rozas, MADRID, Spain Tel.: +34 916.408.408 Fax: +34 916.408.409 Email: ronn@er-soft.com Internet: www.er-soft.com _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 46 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 47: Order Codes

    • ScopeWare, Bar graph, Reporting • Tap Connector 2, Troubleshooting • Blue carrying case, Toolkit Ultra Pro • PA Probe, • ProfiCaptain 2. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 47 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 48 ProfiTrace 2 – User Manual _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 48 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 49: Glossary

    - Up- and/or download of Load Region Data (domains) - Function Invocation - Clock Control (synchronization within slaves) and Time Stamping - Redundancy _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 49 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 50 A cable connecting a node to a bus segment. Spurs are not recommended in PROFIBUS DP and prohibited with 12 Mbps and PROFIsafe operations. German term is "Stichleitung". _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 50 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...
  • Page 51 (for PROFIBUS DP). Topology In a communications network, the pattern of interconnection between network nodes; e.g. bus, ring, star configuration. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 51 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 52: Revision History

    - Update the License chapter. Version 0.8 - Created the Training chapter. - Updated the Oscilloscope Measurements chapter. - Updated the Introduction chapter. _______________________________________________ Version 0.8 – 17 December 2007 Page 52 / 56 ProfiTrace2-Manual-EN.doc © PROCENTEC 2003-2007 - Copyright - all rights reserved...

  • Page 53: Next Version

    - Finishing up the exercises for internal training Low priority - Replacing the Dutch screenshots with English versions. - Is it possible to install ProfiTrace 1 and ProfiTrace 2 on the same PC? - Screenshots of the GSD file scanning. - Characteristics of the PB interface - ProfiCore –...
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