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Proline Promass E 500 PROFINET
Endress+Hauser
9.2
Device master file (GSD)
In order to integrate field devices into a bus system, the PROFINET system needs a
description of the device parameters, such as output data, input data, data format and data
volume.
These data are available in the device master file (GSD) which is provided to the
automation system when the communication system is commissioned. In addition device
bit maps, which appear as icons in the network structure, can also be integrated.
The device master file (GSD) is in XML format, and the file is created in the GSDML
description markup language.
9.2.1
File name of the device master file (GSD)
Example of the name of a device master file:
GSDML-V2.3.x-EH-PROMASS 500-yyyymmdd.xml
GSDML
V2.3.x
EH
PROMASS
500
yyyymmdd
.xml
Description language
Version of the PROFINET specification
Endress+Hauser
Instrument family
Transmitter
Date of issue (yyyy: year, mm: month, dd: day)
File name extension (XML file)
System integration
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