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5.5 Using Shared Device
5.5.1 About Shared Device
Introduction
Shared device functionality is when two controllers are sharing a device. Each
controller has the ownership over different modules on the device.
Note
The internal device itself cannot be configured to be a shared device.
I/O device modules
Controller 1
Controller 2
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Configuring PROFINET controller with shared device functionality
Basic steps
See Action
Using PROFINET Configurator Ex-
press on page 79 Use the external PROFINET configuration tool to
create a project that contains the configuration of
the PROFINET network. 1
Updating configuration file to sup-
port shared device functionality on
page 83
.
Update the project in PROFINET configuration
tool to create shared device functionality. 2
Download the PROFINET configuration file to the
IRC5 controller. 3
Configuring the IRC5 controller on
page 43 Configure the I/O devices connected to the
PROFINET network using RobotStudio or the
FlexPendant. 4
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5 Configuring the internal controller and external device
5.5.1 About Shared Device