Hardy Process Solutions HI 6500 Series, User Manual

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allocation list, and the bus parameters for all connected stations. A master uses this
information to set up communication with each slave during startup. Slaves can only
acknowledge the messages they receive or transfer messages to a master when the latter
requests a slave to do so. Slaves are also designated as passive nodes.
Refer to the section, “
I/O Tables For Communications to PLCs,”
earlier in this chapter for
an understanding of the data and format for the Profibus communications.
For a full list of command parameters, please see the "
Default Parameter IDs and Values
"
at the end of Chapter 5.
NOTE Profibus-DP provides a very flexible network solution. In addition to the basic guideline
provided in this manual, your installation could require procedures that are beyond the
scope of this manual. For more information and to locate lists of links to other sources of
Profibus-DP information, check the Profibus website at
http://www.profibus.com .
Configuring PROFIBUS From the Web Interface
Step 1. Step 1. From the Configuration menu select Options to open the Options menu;
then Click on Profibus Card. to open then Click on Profibus Card form. Double
click in the Node text field to highlight the current entry. Type in the HI 6500 OR
HI 6510 Node address. Range:1-125 (default 5) Our example uses the default
address #5.
NOTE Profibus Node Address #5 is the lowest number that can be used by a slave device.