6GK1411-5AB10 - Adding a Profinet HMI Port to a Profibus System?

Hello, 

We are looking at upgrading our old Profibus HMI with Profinet ones, which for the most part has been handled by adding additional CP cards to our existing systems. 

However, we have moving panels on cranes, which utilize an infrared Profibus Data Eye. We are lead to believe that we could use the IE/PB-Link to add a Profinet HMI port to the existing Profibus network found within the moving panel. 

Having read through the manual, I believe this would be best achieved using the device as in Standard Gateway Mode, however I'm not sure how to add it to our existing hardware configuration, as there is no Profinet Network to add it to, and to add it as a station it be on Rack 0, however the existing hardware lies on Rack 0. 

For context, the CPU is a 317F-2PN/DP. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Jack

Hello

I´m not 100% sure but check out this manual:

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109744280

Chaper 4.6.9

I think this should be your situation

But I never used this solution so I can not tell if it works properly...

Bye Murof

Hi, 

Thank you for your response! 

After some reading, I had found this chapter 4.6.9 and that is currently how we have it configured. 

When configuring it, I have added it to the existing subnet, however, we still have no connectivity.

Regards