PROFIBUS DP Configurator

Note

Refer to the general description for information about the following tabs of the device editor.

Only in the case of special features is there an additional help page for the specific device editor.

If the "<device name> Parameters" tab is not shown, then select the Show generic device configuration editors option in the CODESYS options (Device Editor category).

A PROFIBUS DP network consists of one or more masters and several slaves with modules. In this network, the CODESYS runtime system can be employed as a master or slave device.

Below a master (1), you can insert one or more slaves (2) with modules. Below the slave device (3), you can insert I/O modules (4).

PROFIBUS DP devices are imported into CODESYS via device description files (GSD). These files are supplied with the hardware.

In CODESYS, it is possible to insert a USB interface in the device tree for PROFIBUS DP. This interface (PROFIusb by the company "Softing"), which is connected to the USB port of the computer, is used in the network as a PROFIBUS DP master. It provides the full functionality of a PROFIBUS DP master.