ProSoft Technology MVI46-PDPMV1 - Manual (Page 35)

MVI46-PDPMV1 ♦ SLC Platform Configuring the MVI46-PDPMV1 Module
PROFIBUS DPV1 Master User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 35 of 160
March 25, 2011
In particular, note the following settings:
o
Automatic PROFIBUS Address Assignment:
ProSoft Configuration Builder automatically assigns a PROFIBUS address
to each new slave. The address assignment begins at address 3, and is
incremented by 1 for each new slave added to the network. You can
change the address in the Common tab of the Slave Properties dialog
box.
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Automatic Input/Output Address Assignment:
For each new slave added to the PROFIBUS network, ProSoft
Configuration Builder automatically converts the input/output byte
addresses to word input/output addresses for the State RAM in the
processor.
7 Repeat steps 2 through 6 for all slaves you intend to place on the network.
8 When you are finished adding slaves, open the Project menu and choose
E XIT
to return to the Master Setup dialog box.
Using The Autoscan Feature
The concept of Automatic network scanning means that the user can instruct the
Bus Configuration window to automatically gather information about slaves that
are connected to the network. When the scan is completed the user can adopt
the detected slaves to the bus configuration and download to the Master.
This is a quick way to get a network up and running. However, one should be
aware that it is not guaranteed that any particular slave will enter data exchange
since the user parameter data might not match. This is especially obvious if no
associated GSD-file is found during the network scan, this means that no user
parameter data would be sent to the slave.
N
ETWORK SCAN
is selectable from the Online menu as well as from the drop-
down menu for the M
ASTER
icon.