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View the online status of the profibus network – ProSoft Technology PTQ-PDPMV1 User Manual

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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

PTQ-PDPMV1 ♦ Quantum Platform

User Manual

PROFIBUS DP Master Network Interface Module for Quantum

Page 230 of 306

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

August 12, 2014

8.5

View the Online Status of the PROFIBUS Network

1 In ProSoft Configuration Builder for PROFIBUS, open the O

NLINE

menu, and

then choose M

ONITOR

/M

ODIFY

. ProSoft Configuration Builder will establish

communication with the PTQ-PDPMV1 module, and will indicate
communication status.

o

If the

SLAVE

icon in the Bus Configuration window has a green border,

then the PTQ-PDPMV1 module is correctly communicating with the
PROFIBUS slave.

o

If the

SLAVE

icon in the Bus Configuration window has a red border, then

the module is not communicating with the slave.

o

If the

SLAVE

icon in the Bus Configuration window has a blue border, the

slave is communicating with the Master, but is generating diagnostic data.
To view diagnostic data for the slave, select the

SLAVE

, and click the right

mouse button to open a shortcut menu. On the shortcut menu, choose
O

NLINE

P

ROPERTIES

.

2 In the Online Slave Properties dialog box, click the D

IAGNOSTIC

tab, and

select (check)

D

ETAILS

for slave diagnostic. Slave diagnostic information will

appear in the Diagnostic window. Refer to the documentation for your
PROFIBUS slave to determine the meaning of the diagnostic data.