Operation
Micropilot M FMR 240 with PROFIBUS PA
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5.5.3
Device database and type files (GSD)
A device database file (GSD) contains a description of the properties of the PROFIBUS-
PA device, e.g. the supported transmission rates and the type and format of the digital
information output to the PLC.
Additional bitmap files are required in order to represent the device by an icon in the
network design software.
Every device is allocated an identity code by the PROFIBUS User Organisation (PNO).
This appears in the device data base file name (.gsd). The Micropilot M has the ID
number 0x152D (hex) = 5421 (dec).
Source of supply
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Internet (ftp-Server): ftp://194.196.152.203/pub/communic/gsd/Micropilot_m.EXE
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CD-ROM with GSD files for all E+H devices. Order-Code: 50097200
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GSD library of the PROFIBUS User Organisation (PNO):http: //www.PROFIBUS.com
Directory structure
The files are oranized in the folowing strucutre:
L00-FMR23xxx-02-00-00-de-001
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The GSD files in the directory "Extended" are needed for the network design software
STEP 7 of the S7-300/400 PLC family.
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The GSD files in the directory "Standard" are used for PLCs, which do not support an
identifier format but only an identifier byte (e.g. PLC5 of Allen-Bradley)
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For the network design tool COM ET200 with Siemens S5 instead of an GSD file the
Type file "EH_1522x.200" and instead of the BMP files the DIB files have to be used.
Universal Database File
As an alternative to the device specific GSD file, the PNO provides an universal
database file with the designation PA139700.gsd for devices with one analogue input
block. This file supports the transmission of the main value. Transmission of a second
cyclic value or a display value is not supported.
When the universal database is used, the option "
profile
" must be selected in the
function "
Ident number
"
(061)
.
