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Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

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Prerequisites for Commissioning<br />

<strong>Configuring</strong> the Distributed I/O (DP)<br />

The following prerequisites must apply:<br />

• To be able to start capturing the topology, the PG must be connected to the<br />

PROFIBUS network.<br />

• The structure of the PROFIBUS subnet with connected Diagnostic Repeater<br />

corresponds with the specifications <strong>and</strong> rules of the Diagnostic Repeater<br />

documentation.<br />

Commissioning the Diagnostic Repeater with <strong>STEP</strong> 7<br />

In order to be able to locate a disturbance during operation, the Diagnostic<br />

Repeater must know the topology of the PROFIBUS subnet to which it is<br />

connected. The Diagnostic Repeater measures the distance to all partners via<br />

"Prepare line diagnostics " function.<br />

The Diagnostic Repeater measures the partner distances <strong>and</strong> stores them<br />

internally in a table. The Diagnostic Repeater also memorizes in which segment it<br />

has detected the partner.<br />

After it has measured the distance to an error during operation, the table entries<br />

can be used to determine between which of the partners the disturbance is<br />

pending.<br />

You must explicitly instruct the Diagnostic Repeater to determine the distance<br />

between PROFIBUS partners when you configure your hardware or network:<br />

1. Highlight the Diagnostic Repeater or the DP Master System to which it is<br />

connected (configure the hardware), or<br />

highlight the PROFIBUS subnet to which the Diagnostic Repeater is connected<br />

(network configuration)<br />

2. Select the menu comm<strong>and</strong> PLC > Prepare line diagnostics.<br />

3. Start the measurement via the subsequently opened dialog.<br />

Locating the Error During Operation<br />

During operation the Diagnostic Repeater reports the event "Found Error" to the<br />

DP Master CPU.<br />

You can view detailed information on pending diagnostic events in the dialog for<br />

the module status of the Diagnostic Repeater. The error is displayed visually in the<br />

dialog with additional information, for example, showing the error cause (provided it<br />

can be detected by the Diagnostic Repeater).<br />

<strong>Configuring</strong> <strong>Hardware</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Communication</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> with <strong>STEP</strong> 7<br />

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