Yaskawa DeviceNet Option Card CM05x - Manual (Page 57)

DeviceNet Profiles 8-2
DeviceNet Device Profiles
A DeviceNet Device Profile provides the specification for the way in which a particular type of device
communicates on the DeviceNet network. The goal of device profiles is to provide interoperability and
interchangeability of like devices from different vendors.
To provide interoperability and promote interchangeability by like devices, there must be a core standard for each
device type. Like devices must:
• Exhibit the same behavior
• Produce and/or consume the same basic set of I/O data
• Contain the same set of configurable parameters
• Access the configurable parameters in the same manner from the network
A device profile contains:
• The format of the I/O data for the device
• Definitions of the configurable parameters for the device
• Definitions of how configurable parameters affect the device’s behavior
• A specification of how the network accesses configurable parameters
Device profiles are published in Volume II of the DeviceNet Specification.