Converting Profibus Slave into Profinet Device
Published on : Monday 30-11--0001
In the form of a PROFIBUS connector, netLink Proxy from Hilscher converts PROFIBUS slave into a PROFINET device without added installation expenditures. Just plug netLink Proxy directly onto the Profibus device, A PROFIBUS scan function detects the connected slave and automatically determines its configuration. Together with the slave GSD file, the configuration is converted into a standardised GSDML file, which is imported into the PROFINET controller configuration tool, the plug is ready for PROFINET and can be connected directly to Profinet Controller via RJ45 socket provided on netLink Proxy. It transparently maps the DP unit data. Transformation of acyclic DVP1 services Read/Write/Alarm is supported as well.
netLINK PROXY guarantees to traditional PROFIBUS device manufacturers the fast entry into the PROFINET world. More information, such as a start up video with Siemens STEP7Ò can be found in the product area at www.hilscher.com in the category “Gateways” section “netLINK-NL51N-DPL”.
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