Data format of the output signal – VEGA VEGABAR 81 Profibus PA - Operating Instructions User Manual

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VEGABAR 81 • Profibus PA

45020-EN-131107

Byte-

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Format IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Status IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Status IEEE-754-Floating point

value

Status

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. 38: 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. 39: 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.

Status code

Description according to

Profibus standard

Possible cause

0 x 00

bad - non-specific

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