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3.2 Information about the internal controller
General
To use the PROFINET internal controller, the IRC5 controller must be installed with
the option
PROFINET Controller/Device .
The PROFINET internal controller can be used to:
• connect PROFINET devices to the IRC5 controller.
• connect the IRC5 controller to another IRC5 controller which acts as a device.
GSDML files
In order to configure a PROFINET network with an external PROFINET configuration
tool, GSDML files need to be imported into the tool. These files contains vital
information about the PROFINET I/O devices and they shall be supplied by the
vendor/manufacturer of the specific PROFINET module.
Configuration programs
See Configuration programs on page 16 and About the third party tool information
on page 71 .
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3.2 Information about the internal controller