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3 data format of the output signal – VEGA VEGAPULS 41 Profibus PA User Manual

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VEGAPULS 41 – Profibus PA

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7.3 Data format of the output signal

Byte4

Byte3

Byte2

Byte1

Byte0

Status

Measured value (IEEE-754 format, see below)

Status byte:

The status byte corresponds to Profile 3.0 „Profibus PA Profile for Process Control Devices“
coded. The status „Measured value OK“ is coded as 80 (hex) (Bit7 = 1, Bit 6 … 0 = 0).

Measured value:

The measured value is transmitted as 32 Bit floating point number in the IEEE-754 format.

Byte n

Byte n+1

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

VZ

2

7

2

6

2

5

2

4

2

3

2

2

2

1

2

0

2

-1

2

-2

2

-3

2

-4

2

-5

2

-6

2

-7

Sign

Exponent

Mantissa

Byte n+2

Byte n+3

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

2

-8

2

-9

2

-10

2

-11

2

-12

2

-13

2

-14

2

-15

2

-16

2

-17

2

-18

2

-19

2

-20

2

-21

2

-22

2

-23

Mantissa

Mantissa

Formula:

Meas. value = (-1)

VZ

• 2

(Exponent - 127)

• (1 + Mantissa)

Examples:

41 70 00 00 (hex) = 0100 0001 0111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 (bin)
Meas. value

= (-1)

0

• 2

(130 - 127)

• (1 + 2

-1

+ 2

-2

+ 2

-3

)

= 1 • 2

3

• (1 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125)

= 1 • 8 • 1.875
= 15.0

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