
Bronkhorst®
Instruction Manual MI Series Industrial mini CORI-FLOW™
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PROFIBUS-DP
Instruments in a PROFIBUS DP system can be monitored and operated using third party software as a master device, such as
TIA Portal (by Siemens).
To configure a device, a so-called GSD file (General Station Description) can be loaded into the software. The GSD file
contains all necessary configuration information to operate the device in a PROFIBUS DP system, including communication
and network configuration, and all available operating parameters with their data types.
A GSD file for Bronkhorst® instruments can be downloaded from the product pages on the Bronkhorst website:
PROFINET
Instruments in a PROFINET system can be monitored and operated using third party software as a master device, such as TIA
Portal (by Siemens).
To configure a device, a so-called GSDML file (General Station Description Markup Language) can be loaded into the
software. The GSDML file contains all necessary information, in XML format, to operate the device in a PROFINET system,
including communication and network configuration, and all available operating parameters with their data types.
A GSDML file for Bronkhorst® instruments can be downloaded from the product pages on the Bronkhorst website:
EtherCAT®
Instruments in an EtherCAT® system can be monitored and operated using third party software as a master device, such as
SyCon® (by Hilscher GmbH).
To configure a device, a so-called ESI file (EtherCAT® Slave Information) can be loaded into the software. The ESI file contains
all necessary configuration information to operate the device in a EtherCAT® system, including communication and network
configuration, and all available operating parameters with their data types.
An ESI file for Bronkhorst® instruments can be downloaded from the product pages on the Bronkhorst website:
HART
Monitoring and operating instruments in a HART system can be done using third party software as a master device.
To configure a device, a so-called DD file (Device Description) can be loaded into the software. The DD file contains all
necessary configuration information to operate the device in a HART system, including communication and network
configuration, and all available operating parameters with their data types.
Because the HART protocol uses the analog output line of the instrument, it can be combined with any of the other
interfaces (analog and digital). It can even be monitored and operated simultaneously with another fieldbus interface,
however, when writing values to the same parameter from two digital interfaces, the last interface to send a value prevails.