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Created by: Borism at: 8/28/2008 7:54 AM (9 Replies)

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8/28/2008 7:54 AM	Rate (0)
Borism Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	Hi. I am a beginner. I have a question about possibility of configuring Profibus DP network with One S7-400 master, two S7-300 slaves and one HMI control panel on one network. Generally, I know, that two masters on on network are not allowed. What about Profibus DP? Thanks. Borism
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8/28/2008 8:23 AM	Rate (0)
Fatso Bronze Member Joined: 9/11/2006 Last visit: 3/17/2022 Posts: 168 Rating: (6)	Hi you can have several masters on profibus.All masters on the network form active nodes and the slaves form passive nodes.A token is passed from master to master.A master with the token can communicate with the slaves until the token timer expires and then the token is passed to the next master.Look at the online helpfor more information.

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8/28/2008 9:00 AM	Rate (0)
umencho Diamond Expert Joined: 3/21/2006 Last visit: 1/14/2025 Posts: 10239 Rating: (1182)	Borism Hi. I am a beginner. I have a question about possibility of configuring Profibus DP network with One S7-400 master, two S7-300 slaves and one HMI control panel on one network. Generally, I know, that two masters on on network are not allowed. What about Profibus DP? Thanks. Borism Hi You can built one network and connect 2 profibus master with using DP/DP Coupler, but this is depend of application topology, customer posibilities... - current project. And S7 - 400 maybe you mean CPU, S7-300 what you mean. Give us more information about your hardware. regards

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8/28/2008 9:35 AM	Rate (0)
Palmerita Posts: 102 Rating: (13)	Hello Borism!! I was a little bit curious, I do not know exactly for your application, but as you said you are a beginner, maybe this link can give you a good idea about PROFIBUS... Or maybe I am the beginner Anyway, hope it is of some help http://www.profibus.com/pb/technology/description/#index_5
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8/28/2008 11:36 AM	Rate (0)
Wizard Diamond Member Joined: 4/24/2006 Last visit: 1/17/2025 Posts: 8807 Rating: (1173)	Hello Borism, I will try to answer Borism I have a question about possibility of configuring Profibus DP network with One S7-400 master, two S7-300 slaves and one HMI control panel on one network. Well you have one Profibus master S7-400 and two slaves (S7-300). The HMI panel is a (Master 2 class) This will work Best regards, Wizard

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8/28/2008 1:15 PM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Dear Wizard, are you sure? I am not sure... actually I have some doubts. We all know that the HMI in a S7 is an active node on the network, because it does S7 Communication to the PLC. But being an active node is not the same as being a Master class 2. The functionality of a Master Class 2 is to access the DP Slaves to do diagnostics, read the inputs or to change parameters. The HMI surely does not do this, is it? Calling just active nodes on a PROFIBUS to be a "Master" is not true either. Because the PROFIBUS is a multi protocol Network. So I would say you may have several active nodes on one PROFIBUS... but not all of them have to be DP Master, but they may. I hope you agree with me in this point. Best regards J_Bell
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8/28/2008 2:20 PM	Rate (0)
JMJ Posts: 487 Rating: (45)	I agree with you J_Bell, I do not think HMI uses any DP functionality. It uses PG/OP function over Profibus. But I still feel this configuration should work with whatever littledetail is give to us.
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8/28/2008 2:24 PM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Dear JMJ, you are right, I also think this configuration has to work. The only point I would care about is to check if the Bus parameters consider all nodes on the Network. If the Time might get too short it is recommendable to set the Standard parameters form DP to Standard. In this case it has to work anyway. Best regards J_Bell
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8/28/2008 2:38 PM	Rate (0)
Wizard Diamond Member Joined: 4/24/2006 Last visit: 1/17/2025 Posts: 8807 Rating: (1173)	Dear J_Bell, I'll have to agree with you. I will have to think, before replying. Best regards, Wizard

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8/28/2008 2:47 PM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Hello Wizard, I did not want to correct you... I just wanted to clarify this point... before questions arise. Thank you for your appreciation. Best regards J_Bell
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