AS-i/PROFIBUS Gateway
Operating the AS-i/PROFIBUS Gateway
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If there are more than one faulty assignments the one that was first detected is dis-
played. Pressing the “set” button shortly displays the next higher faulty address.
Shortly appearing configuration errors are stored in the device (advanced AS-i diag-
nosis). The last error that occurred can be displayed by pressing the set button. If a
short AS-i power failure is responsible for the configuration error the display shows a
“39“.
6.4
Assigning an AS-i Address in Configuration Mode
AS-i can be put into operation in a very comfortable manner by using the Windows
software AS-i Control Tools (see chapter 9.1)(addressing directly or with the AS-i ad-
dress assistant).
Furthermore you can use a hand held addressing device.
If you don’t have neither a PC nor a hand held addressing device, address assigning
of the AS-i slaves is also possible with the AS-i/PROFIBUS Gateway using the push
buttons. How it works is described as follows.
6.4.1
Assigning a Slave Address
(assigning an available address to a slave with address zero)
In configuration mode, the addresses of all detected slaves are displayed one after
the other. To display the next higher available operating address, press the “set” but-
ton shortly. Each time you press the “set” button, the next available address is dis-
played.
Chose the displayed address as your target address by pressing the button for more
than five seconds. The address display blinks. The master is ready for programming;
pressing the “set” button again addresses the connected slave with address zero to
the target (blinking address.
Any errors will be displayed by their error codes according to chapter 10. Otherwise,
the detected slaves are displayed again as described in chapter 6.2.
6.4.2
Erasing the Slave Address
AS-iIn configuration mode, the addresses of all recognized slaves are displayed one
after the other. By pressing and releasing the “set” button, the master displays the
next available address. If you press the button for more than five seconds while the
address of a detected slave is displayed, this slave is will get the address zero and
the display shows “00”.
When you release the button, the display continues to display the detected slaves.
