11/6/2015 3:31 PM | |
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Hello Dave; If your diagnostic LEDs appear as soon as you connect the salve to the master, it probably means that the salve has not been configured properly in the master's Profibus configurator, and the master cannot recognize the slave on the network. Both ABB and Siemens provide users of their automation platforms with documentation and technotes that can help them develop their applications. In your case, you might find these discussion from ABB and Siemens helpful: http://www402.abbext.com/Adding-ABB-IO-modules-SIEMENS-PLC-q403264.aspx https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/posts/21713/ Remember that adding any Profibus 3rd-prty slave to a Siemens Profibus master requires a few standard steps: - integrating the gsd file of the slave in the master's Profibus configuration software (so the slave now appears in the Profibus catalogue of the master); the gsd file should be found on the slave manufacturer's website; - selecting the slave in the master's Profibus catalogue and adding it to the Profibus network to be configured in the Profibus configurator; - giving the slave a valid Profibus address, and selecting the slave's I/O modules that will be actually used for Profibus exchanges; - keeping tabs of the I/O addressing that is provided by the Profibus configurator for the slave's I/O modules so you can use them in the master's program for data exchanges in your program; - once the Profibus configuration is complete, saving, compiling and downloading it to the Profibus master will end the process. Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier |
Last edited by: dchartier at: 11/7/2015 11:00:41 PM |
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