Data format of the output signal – VEGA VEGACAL 67 Profibus PA User Manual

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VEGACAL 67 • Profibus PA

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Byte-No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Status

Status

Status

Status

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

PA-OUT

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

Additional Cyclic

Value

Format

Value

Example 2 with distance value without additional cyclical value:

AI (PA-OUT)

Free Place

Byte-No.

1

2

3

4

5

Status

Status

(FB1)

IEEE-754-

Floating point value

PA-OUT

(FB1)

Format

Value

Data format of the output signal

Byte4 Byte3 Byte2 Byte1 Byte0

Status

Value (IEEE-754)

Fig. 24: Data format of the output signal

The status byte corresponds to profile 3.0 "Profibus PA Profile for Process Control Devices" coded.

The status "Measured value OK" is coded as 80 (hex) (Bit7 = 1, Bit6 … 0 = 0).
The measured value is transferred as a 32 bit floating point number in the IEEE-754 format.

Byte n

Byte n+1

Bit

7

VZ

Exponent

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Bit

7
2

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Sign

Bit

Significant

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

Byte n+2

Byte n+3

Bit

7
2

Significant

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Bit

7
2

Bit

6
2

Bit

5
2

Bit

4
2

Bit

3
2

Bit

2
2

Bit

1
2

Bit

0
2

Significant

-9

-10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23

-8

Value = (-1)

VZ

2

(Exponent - 127)

(1 + Significant)

Fig. 25: Data format of the measured value

Coding of the status byte associated with the PA output value

Status

code

Description according to

Profibus standard

Possible cause

0x00

bad - non-specific

Flash-Update active

0x04

bad - configuration error

– Adjustment error

– Configuration error with PV-Scale (PV-Span too small)

– Unit irregularity

– Error in the linearization table

0x0C

bad - sensor failure

– Hardware error

– Converter error

– Leakage pulse error

– Trigger error

0x10

bad - sensor failure

– Measured value generation error

0x1f

bad - out of service constant

"Out of Service" mode switched on

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