Manual VIPA System SLIO
Chapter 3 Deployment
HB300E - IM - RE_053-1DP00 - Rev. 11/03
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PROFIBUS employs screened twisted pair cable on the basis of the RS485
interface. The data transfer rate of the system is limited to a max. of
12Mbit/s.
The RS485 interface uses differential voltages. For this reason this kind of
interface is less susceptible to interference than a plain voltage or current
based interface. The network may be configured as linear or as tree
structure. Your PROFIBUS coupler carries a 9pin socket. This socket is
used to connect the PROFIBUS coupler to the PROFIBUS network as a
slave.
Due to the bus structure of RS485, any station may be connected or
disconnected without interruptions and a system can be commissioned in
different stages. Extensions to the system do not affect stations that have
already been commissioned. Any failures of stations or new devices are
detected automatically.
Every device on the PROFIBUS is identified by an address. This address
must be an unique number in the bus system for System SLIO between 1
and 125.
For every PROFIBUS slave from VIPA there is a GSD file available. This
file may either be found on the supplied storage media or at the download
area of www.vipa.de.
The assignment of the GSD-file to your slave is shown in the following
table:
SLIO order number
GSD-file
VIPA 053-1DP00(DP-V0)
VI000C19.gsd
VIPA 053-1DP00(DP-V1)
VI010C19.gsd
Please install the required files into your configuration tool. Details on the
installation of the GSD and/or type files are available from the manual
supplied with your configuration tool.
After the installation of the GSD file you will find this entry e.g. the DP-V1
slave in the hardware catalog from Siemens at:
PROFIBUS DP > Additional field devices > I/O > VIPA_SLIO >
VIPA 053-1DP00 (DPV1)
Data transfer
medium as
RS485 interface
Addressing
GSD- file