GE Industrial Solutions AF-600 FP Profibus DP - Manual (Page 7)

Features of PROFIBUS DP V1:
Cost savings
• PROFIBUS DP V1 permits very effective use of PLC I/O capacity, in effect expanding the volume capacity of your existing PLC by up to two-thirds.
Fast and efficient communication
• short network cycle times
• improved network efficiency
Easy to use
• transparent installation, diagnostics and parameterisation
Flexibility and compatibility
• Two different state machines can be selected: PROFIdrive profile or GE Drive profile
• Communication using PROFIBUS DP V1, Master Class 1 and Master Class 2
Future-proof investment
• Downward compatibility: New protocol extensions retain all the functions of the previous versions
• Continuous development of new application-oriented profiles
• Wide product availability
• Intelligent base for future technologies such as OPC, FDT/DTM, PROFINET
Technical features:
• Network time out reaction
• PLC/CPU stop reaction
• Eight PPO types available
• Numerous relevant process data (PCD) types available
• Automatic detection of baud rate and PPO type
• Extended diagnostics available
• Alarms and warnings available as text messages within the PLC
• Equidistant network cycle time configurable in PLC system
• Improved network efficiency, since the cyclic parameter channel is no longer required
• Very short network cycle times compared to industrial ethernet
• Backwards compatibility with DP
Features of DCT 10 Drive Control Tool software:
• Project-oriented PC tool, one tool for all AF-6 Series Drives
• Links to all Windows applications possible
• Supports Siemens CPs 5511 (PCMCIA) and 5611 (PCI- card), for PROFIBUS DP V1 Master Class 2 connection
• Support of standard interfaces: COMx, USB, RS232 (FLUX)
• Siemens PG / Field PGs already have the necessary hardware
• View is highly configurable
AF-650 GP/AF-600 FP Profibus DP Operating Instructions
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