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Data format of the output signal – VEGA VEGABAR 51 Profibus PA User Manual

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10 Supplement

VEGABAR 51 • Profibus PA

36714-EN-130321

AI (PA-OUT)

Temperature

Free Place

Byte-No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Format

Value

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

PA-OUT

(FB1)

Status

Status

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

Temperature

(FB2)

Status

Status

(FB2)

Fig. 31: Telegram configuration example 2

Example 3 with pressure value and additional cyclical value without temperature value:

AI (PA-OUT)

Free Place

Additional Cyclic Value

Byte-No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Status

Status

Status

Status

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

PA-OUT

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

Additional Cyclic

Value

Format

Value

Fig. 32: Telegram configuration example 3

Data format of the output signal

Byte4 Byte3 Byte2 Byte1 Byte0

Status

Value (IEEE-754)

Fig. 33: Data format of the output signal

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, Bit6 … 0 = 0).
The measured value is transferred as a 32 bit floating point number in the IEEE-754 format.

Byte n

Byte n+1

Bit

7

VZ

Exponent

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Bit

7
2

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Sign

Bit

Significant

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

Byte n+2

Byte n+3

Bit

7
2

Significant

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Bit

7
2

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Significant

-9

-10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23

-8

Value = (-1)

VZ

2

(Exponent - 127)

(1 + Significant)

Fig. 34: Data format of the measured value

Coding of the status byte associated with the PA output value

Status

code

Description according to

Profibus standard

Possible cause

0 x 00

bad - non-specific

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