Figure 18: PROFINET Device Identification
and Configuration

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10.5.2 Device Identification and Configuration

There are several identification and configuration items available for setting various characteristics of the PROFINET device. These items are shown in Figure 18 and are explained in further detail below.

A PROFINET device’s name (station name) must be unique

across the entire PROFINET network because it is used by controllers to uniquely identify PROFINET devices. The Device Name text entry box is used to configure this unique device identifier on every drive.

The Update Time field is a configuration item which changes the frequency with which command and status data updates take place internally in the device. This setting is not related to the frequency with which data communications take place on the Ethernet network. This time setting is a 32-bit value adjustable in 1ms increments. Typically, this value should not need to be changed from its default value of 10ms. Please note that this setting is not related and should not be confused with the I/O Cycle Update Time (in Step 7 or an equivalent hardware configuration tool).

10.5.3 I/O Data Configuration Arrays

The interface card supports two different types of PROFINET data transfer. One type is included with the implementation of the PROFIdrive profile, and requires no user configuration (refer to section

13.5for more information). The other type, however, is entirely user- configurable, and is utilized when a standard “IN: XX, OUT:YY” I/O module is chosen during network

configuration.

Figure 19: I/O Data Configuration

 

The I/O data configuration arrays

consist of two separate elements (refer to Figure 19.) The command register configuration defines the structure of the command data sent from the PROFINET controller to the drive, and the status register configuration defines the structure of the status data sent from the drive back to the controller. These arrays allow the creation of custom-built I/O data. Up to 8 command registers can be sent to the drive, and up to 32 status registers can be sent back to the controller. Each box in an array is capable of containing a register number. Because all drive registers are

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