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Instruction manual UNIGATE
®
IC - PROFINET 1Port V. 3.4
9
Deutschmann Automation GmbH & Co. KG
General introduction
1
General introduction
In the past the integration of a fieldbus connection required an enormous effort from the progress
engineers. On account of the large variety of communication systems it is not enough to compile
the right combination of communication hardware; due to their standards and fundamentals dif-
ferent busses also require the corresponding skills of the engineers.
This does not apply in case of the UNIGATE
®
IC by Deutschmann Automation any more. All dig-
ital functions, software, stack and driver as well as optocoupler are integrated on a UNIGATE
®
IC
in correspondence with the standard. In addition to the reduction of the required size, also differ-
ent fieldbusses can easily be integrated.
Through the flexible firmware of UNIGATE
®
IC no software-changes are required on the
side of the customer!
Since 1997 Deutschmann Automation has experience in the field of fieldbus gateways; this
enormous experience results in the UNIGATE
®
IC as a consistent sequel of this successful
product line.
Terminology
In the entire document and in all parts of the software that is to be used, the terms Input and Out-
put are used. Input and Output are ambiguous, always depending on the viewpoint. We see the
fieldbus as central interface and as integral component of your device; therefore in all places it is
always referred to data from the viewpoint of the Slave, that is Input data, as data from the Mas-
ter to the Slave - regardless of the used bus.
Representation of numbers
Numbers in decimal format are always represented without prefix and without suffix as well.
Hexadecimal numbers are always marked with the prefix 0x.
