3 profibus output signal – VEGA VEGASON 54P…56P Profibus PA User Manual

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VEGASON 54P … 56P

Product description

1.3 Profibus output signal

PRO

PROcess FI

FIeld BUS

BUS

BUS (PROFIBUS) is the re-

sult of a joint project of thirteen companies
and five universities. The companies Bosch,
Klöckner-Möller and Siemens played a deci-
sive role. The specifications of the bus are
described in the protocol layers 1, 2 and 7 of
the ISO/OSI reference model and are avail-
able from the PNO (Profibus user organisa-
tion). Layers 3 … 5 have not yet been
developed as a standard, leaving Profibus
with far-reaching perspectives for the future.

Today approx. 600 companies make use of
Profibus technology and belong to the PNO.
Profibus FMS

FMS

FMS stands for Fieldbus Messaging

Specification, Profibus DP

DP for Decentralised

Periphery and Profibus P

A for Process Auto-

mation.

As a process automation bus, Profibus PA
enables power supply over the bus. Up to 32
sensors can be operated on a shielded two-
wire cable that carries both power supply
and measurement signal. In Ex areas, up to
ten sensors can be connected from the PA
level to one two-wire cable (EEx ia).

Bus structure

The Profibus DP and PA network consists of
up to 126 master and slave participants.
Data are always exchanged from point to
point, with the data traffic being exclusively
controlled and checked by master devices.
Communication is carried out according to
the Token-Passing procedure. This means
that the master holding the Token can contact
the slaves, give instructions, enquire data
and cause the slaves to receive and transmit
data. After the work is done or after a prede-
termined time interval, the Token is passed
on by the master to the next master.

Master-Class 1

is the actual automation system, i.e. the proc-
ess control computer or the PLC that en-
quires and processes all measured values.

Master-Class 2

One or several Master-Class 2 can operate in
a Profibus network. As a rule, Master-Class 2
devices are engineering, adjustment or visu-
alisation stations. The VEGA adjustment soft-
ware VVO (VEGA Visual Operating) operates
as Master-Class 2 participant on the DP bus
and can work on an engineering PC, on an
adjustment PC or on the process control
computer and can access any VEGA sensor
on the PA level.

Instrument master file

A so-called GSD file is delivered with every
VEGASON Profibus sensor. This file is nec-
essary for integrating the sensor into the bus
system. The GSD file (instrument master file)
contains, beside the sensor name and the
manufacturer, the sensor-specific communi-
cation parameters which are necessary for a
stable integration of the sensor in the bus.

Load the GSD file belonging to the sensor
into your bus configuration program. If the
GSD file is not available, it can be loaded
from the VEGA homepage:
http://www.vega.com.

Do not confuse the GSD file with the EDD
(Electronic Device Description), a file neces-
sary for the PDM environment (this can be
also found on the VEGA homepage).