Advanced PLC with PROFIBUS Communication and Networking
This course describes PROFIBUS industrial fieldbus networks and shows how to configure and analyze PROFIBUS networks. Various concepts such as PROFIBUS-DP and PROFIBUS-FMS are discussed.
Curriculum
1. PROFIBUS as open fieldbus system – relationship to the ISO/OSI model
2. Transmission medium: RS485, fibre-glass and/or IEC 1158-2 technology
3. Physical characteristics and installation details
4. PROFIBUS services: FDL, DP, FMS and PA
5. Data link functions: SDA, SRD, SDN, and CSRD
6. Token passing principle: TTH, TTR, TRR parameters
7. Addressing: PROFIBUS address (FDL) and Service Access Point (SAP)
8. Active versus passive PROFIBUS partners
9. FMS service details:
- Client server model
- Virtual Field Device (VFD)
- Object Dictionary (OD)
- Communication Relations List (CRL)
- Standard and user defined data type
10. DP service details:
- Master-slave model
- Remote I/O system: distributed peripheral
- Multi-DP sub-network on one cable
11. Configuration software: Siemens COM-PROFIBUS, Siemens STEP 7, SST-PROFIBUS configuration tool
12. Remote I/O diagnostics