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Chapter 9 Configuring PROFINET
Information About Configuring PROFINET
PROFINET Device Roles
Figure 9-1 PROFINET Device Roles
An I/O controller is a programmable logic controller (PLC) that controls I/O devices and exchanges data
such as configuration, alarms, and I/O data through an automation program. The I/O controller and the
I/O supervisor exchange diagnostic information. The I/O controller shares configuration and
input/output information with the I/O device and receives alarms from the I/O device.
PROFINET is designed to be the sole or primary management system platform. Because the I/O
controller detects the switch with the Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP), and sets the device
name and IP address, you do not need to enter Cisco IOS commands for the basic configuration. For
advanced configurations (for example, QoS, DHCP, and similar features) you must use Cisco IOS
commands on the switch because these features cannot be configured by using PROFINET.
An I/O supervisor is an engineering station, such as a human machine interface (HMI) or PC, used for
commissioning, monitoring, and diagnostic analysis. The I/O supervisor exchanges diagnostic, status,
control, and parameter information with the I/O device.
An I/O device is a distributed input/output device such as a sensor, an actuator, or a motion controller.
Note The switch acts as an I/O device, providing a PROFINET management connection to th e I/O controllers.
In a PROFINET I/O system, all the I/O devices communicate over an Ethernet communication network
to meet the automation industry requirement for bus cycle times of less than 100 ms. The network uses
switches and full-duplex data exchange to avoid data collisions.
PROFINET Device Data Exchange
After PROFINET uses DCP to discover devices, including the switch, they establish applica tion
relationships (ARs) and communication relationships (CRs). After a connection is establi shed and
information about device parameters is exchanged, input and output data is excha nged. The switch uses
non-real-time CRs to exchange the data attributes listed in Table 9-1 and Ta ble 9-2.
Ethernet
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I/O supervisor
(Programming device/PC)
I/O controller/PLC
I/O device
(Field device)
Commissioning,
Plant diagnostics
Control and exchange
data with I/O devices
Read and write
I/O data