Data format of the output signal – VEGA VEGAPULS 68 (≥ 2.0.0 - ≥ 4.0.0) Profibus PA User Manual

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gram is structured.
Example 1

AI FB1 (OUT)

AI FB2 (OUT)

AI FB3 (OUT))

Byte-

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

For-

mat

IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Sta-

tus

IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Sta-

tus

IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Sta-

tus

Value

AI FB1 (OUT)

AI

FB1

AI FB2 (OUT)

AI

FB2

AI FB3 (OUT)

AI

FB3

Example 2

AI FB1 (OUT)

Free Place

Free Place

Byte-No.

1

2

3

4

5

Format

IEEE-754-Floating point value

Status

Value

AI FB1 (OUT)

AI FB1

Note:

Bytes 6-15 are not used in this example.

Data format of the output signal

Byte4

Byte3

Byte2

Byte1 Byte0

Status

Value (IEEE-754)

Fig. 56: Data format of the output signal

The status byte corresponds to profile 3.02 "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. 57: Data format of the measured value

Coding of the status byte associated with the PA output value

You can find further information for the coding of the status byte in the Device Description 3.02 on

www.profibus.com.

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