
The Physical Block (PA Slot 0), PROFIBUS
2.1 Diagnosis
SITRANS TH400 PROFIBUS® PA
Configuration Manual, 02/2007, A5E01039143-01
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The Physical Block (PA Slot 0), PROFIBUS
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2.1
Diagnosis
In order to provide some information about the device to the control application and the
human interface, there are diagnosis parameters in the device. The diagnosis parameters
have a bit string data type and there is a mask parameter indicating which diagnosis is
supported by the device.
2.2
Diagnosis of the Device Characteristics
In the Physical block the DIAGNOSIS parameter has the information about the “alerts” into
the device (for instance, device not initialized, power up, factory init, hardware failure, etc).
The DIAGNOSIS_MASK has the diagnosis supported by the device.