Diagnostics
7-3
IM 178-4
C79000-G7076-C178-01
7.2
Diagnostic Data of the IM 178-4
Definition
Diagnostics is the detection and localization of errors. The structure of the
diagnostic functions is specified in the standard EN 50170, Volume 2, PROFIBUS.
The diagnostic functions of the IM 178-4 comply with the standard. The slave
diagnostics of the IM 178-4 are explained in the following sections.
7.2.1
Structure of Slave Diagnostics
Structure of Slave Diagnostics
The diagnostic data of the IM 178-4 is a maximum of 29 bytes long and has the
following structure:
Table 7-2
Structure of Slave Diagnostics
Byte
Assignment
Description
0
Station status 1
Information about the DP slave
1
Station status 2
Additional information about the DP
slave
2
Station status 3
reserved
3
Master PROFIBUS address
Address of the parameter
assignment master
4
High byte of the vendor ID
5
Low byte of the vendor ID
6 to 8
ID-related diagnostics
9 to max. 28
Device-related diagnostics
Availability
The first 6 bytes of the slave diagnostic data are always available.
The ID and device-related diagnostic data is only prepared by the IM 178-4 when
you have enabled the diagnostic interrupt in the parameter assignment.