VPGate PROFIBUS to serial manual | 09 juli 2018 | ©PROCENTEC 3/82
Content
Important information........................................................................................... 2
1. Technical Specifications................................................................................. 5
1.1 General characteristics ......................................................................................................................5
1.2 Electrical characteristics ....................................................................................................................7
1.3 Mechanical characteristics ................................................................................................................7
2. Hardware Setup............................................................................................. 8
2.1 Connectors pin out ............................................................................................................................8
2.1.1 Power connector ...............................................................................................................................8
2.1.2 SERIAL Connector ..............................................................................................................................8
2.1.3 Digital input .......................................................................................................................................9
2.1.4 Digital output.....................................................................................................................................9
2.2 Front panel indicators......................................................................................................................10
2.3 DIP switches.....................................................................................................................................10
2.3.1 Selecting the RS-232/RS-485 modes ...............................................................................................10
2.3.2 Termination resistance....................................................................................................................11
2.4 Selection of the PROFIBUS address .................................................................................................12
3. Software Setup for PROFIBUS DPV0............................................................ 13
3.1 Configuration tool for PROFIBUS DP Master DPV0 .........................................................................13
3.2 Include VPGate into a project..........................................................................................................13
3.2.1 Import the VPGate GSD file into the third party configuration tool................................................13
3.2.2 Insert VPGate into the network configuration ................................................................................14
3.3 VPGate parameters .........................................................................................................................14
3.3.1 General parameters.........................................................................................................................14
3.3.2 Setup VPGate in TRANSPARENT mode............................................................................................16
3.3.3 Setup VPGate as MODBUS Master ..................................................................................................18
3.3.4 Generic master mode: PASS-FRAME function.................................................................................23
3.3.5 Setup VPGate as MODBUS slave .....................................................................................................24
3.4 Insertion of Input / output modules................................................................................................25
3.4.1 When VPGate is in TRANSPARENT mode ........................................................................................25
3.4.2 When VPGate is in Master MODBUS mode.....................................................................................28
3.4.3 When VPGate is in MODBUS Slave mode........................................................................................29
4. Fail safe mode.............................................................................................. 31
5. DPV1 PROFIBUS acyclic functionalities........................................................32
5.1 Configuration tools of the PROFIBUS DPV1 master.........................................................................32
5.2 Identification Informations..............................................................................................................32
5.3 Acyclic communication in «MODBUS master» mode......................................................................33
5.3.1 Description of the index 0 «COMMAND»........................................................................................34
5.3.2 Description of the index 1 «STATUS» ..............................................................................................34
5.3.3 Description of the index 2 «ADDRESS»............................................................................................35
5.3.4 Description of the index 3 «FUNCTION» .........................................................................................35
5.3.5 Description of the index 4 «OFFSET» ..............................................................................................36
5.3.6 Description of the index 5 «LENGTH» .............................................................................................36
