*************************************************************** * * * CA5-PFSALL/EX-01 - PROFIBUS DP Slave * * PACKET TRANSFER Readme File * * ------------------------------------------------------------* * * * Digital Electronics Corporation * *************************************************************** Preface: -------- We would like to thank you very much for purchasing both the Fieldbus unit[CA5-PFSALL/EX-01] and the GP-Pro EX software. This readme file explains how to use/configure Packet Transfer option in PROFIBUS Network for AGP. 1. "FIELDBUS" Folder Contents: ------------------------------ On the GP-Pro EX CD, folder "FIELDBUS" ( e.g. E:\FIELDBUS\ ) the following files are contained: 1. README.TXT => This File 2. PF_AGP_P.ZIP => A software for decompressing file. Step 7 Library containing "Packet Transfer" interpreter program for Profibus-DP. (For versions before STEP7 V5.3.) 3. PF_AGP_P_V53.ZIP => A software for decompressing file. Step 7 Library containing "Packet Transfer" interpreter program for Profibus-DP. (For STEP7 V5.3 or later.) 4. PF_AGPSL.ZIP => A software for decompressing file. Step 7 Example Project containing "Packet Transfer" interpreter program for Profibus -DP and example configuration. 5. PFE_08DF.GSD => CA5-PFSALL/EX-01 Profibus DP Slave GSD File. 6. PFE_08DF.BMP => CA5-PFSALL/EX-01 Profibus DP Slave Bitmap Icon File. NOTE: The files contained within the Fieldbus directory on the GP-Pro EX CD are NOT copied to the hard-disk during installation. The user must copy these files to a location on their computer where they can use them. 2. GP-Pro EX Configuration: ---------------------------------------- Please refer to GP-Pro EX PROFIBUS DP Slave Driver manual for more detailed information. 3. Siemens Step 7 Configuration: ------------------------------------------- Please refer to the SIEMENS SIMATIC STEP 7 Help and manual for detailed information. Hardware Configuration 1. Ensure that the relevant GSD electronic description file has been copied to the correct directory of your computer. This file is contained in the Fieldbus directory on the GP-Pro EX installation disk. Note: Depending on the version of Step 7 you are using the directory names/structure can vary, you should copy this file to the directory under the Step 7 directory where other GSD files are stored. 2. Open Step 7, start a new project and enter the hardware configuration for your S7 3/400 station. Alternatively you can base your project on the example project contained in the Fieldbus directory on the GP-Pro EX installation disk. 3. Click "Options Update DDB Files" to inform the Step7 software of the Profibus-DP module parameters. 4. Enter the relevant hardware for your S7 rack. 5. Open the hardware catalogue and from "PROFIBUS DP->Additional Field Devices->MMI, drag the folder "Pro-face CA5-PFSALL/EX-01" onto your Profibus-DP network. 6. Next expand the "Pro-face CA5-PFSALL/EX-01" folder and drag the modules based on your input and outsize. Then set the DP Slave number. This Slave number should match with the GP-Pro EX project slave number. 7. If you use Packet Transfer, please make sure the Packet Transfer Module is the last module in your configuration. 8. Depending on the communication mode choosen, the following settings should be observed, 9. Set up the Input and Output addresses of the Profibus-DP interface unit. The user should make note of both the input start address and output start address, as they will be needed later to correctly perform data transfer PLC Program/Software Configuration for PACKET Transfer: For Packet transfer the user will have to incorporate and configure correctly the Interpreter program. On this CD the Interpreter program is provided in both a skeleton project format and a Step 7 library format. The program consists of a single function block (FB99). To use this function you should use the following function call: CALL FB99,DB99 IP_ADDR :=*** OP_ADDR :=*** ERR_BYTE :=MB*** TEMP_OUT :=MB*** GP_STATUS :=MB*** The FB99 uses a Data Block ( DB ) to save data used by the interpreter program. This requires 40 Bytes of PLC memory. Do not use this memory area for anything else. By default DB99 will be chosen and created automatically by STEP 7 software. It is also possible to use other DBs just by editing the number. Also when using multiple AGPs, each AGP requires a separate FB99 call and separate Data Blocks, e.g. 2 AGPs: CALL FB99,DB99 // AGP #1 IP_ADDR :=*** OP_ADDR :=*** ERR_BYTE :=MB*** TEMP_OUT :=MB*** GP_STATUS :=MB*** CALL FB99,DB100 // AGP #2 IP_ADDR :=*** OP_ADDR :=*** ERR_BYTE :=MB*** TEMP_OUT :=MB*** GP_STATUS :=MB*** NOTE: The current version of the Interpreter program (V4.01) The interface for earlier versions of the interpreter program (FB99 Call) may have had a different interface. But the current version can be used for GP2000 PROFIBUS DP Slave. ************** END OF README.TXT ***************