Hilscher CIF Profibus DP configuration

The workbench includes a fully integrated configurator for Hilscher CIF boards. Please refer to the following topics in that page for detailed information on how to use and configure Hilscher CIF boards:

Data exchange - configuration
Configuration
Data types
Additional features

Data exchange - configuration:

The runtime manages an intermediate variable map representing Profibus inputs and outputs. A dedicated configuration tool is integrated in the Workbench. Run it using the File > Open > Fieldbus Configurationmenu command from the Workbench. Then select Insert > Insert configuration…

Select Hilscher CIF Profibus and click OK.

The configuration is represented as a tree:

- Hilscher Profibus configuration
  - CIF Board (*)
    - Profibus Slave (**)
      - Exchanged variable (**)

(*) This item can appear up to four times (four boards allowed).
(**)The items with this mark can appear several times in the configuration.

Configuration:

You need to configure the network in order to map I/Os from Hilscher CIF to variables. Run the Insert > Insert Master/Port…menu to declare a new CIF board.

Each board is identified by a number (0…3), and a free description text.

The following Parameter can be changed:

If available a GSD file can be loaded by clicking on "Load GSD file". When loading a GSD file it is possible to overwrite parameters already changed.

When a board is selected, you can insert Profibus Slaves by running the Insert > Insert Slave/Data Block…menu command.

For each Slave you need to enter an address and slave data according to Profibus conventions and a free description text.
The following items are available:

Name	symbol name / variable name
Slave address
I nput start offset
Output start offset
Parameter data	This data is available in the *.GSD file of your Profibus slave ( User_Prm_Data ). Please look up the data and enter it in HEX with a blank in between (e.g.: C0 80 08 0A 11)
Slave modules	Identifying information of I/O modules of the slave; the identifying information hast to accord to the Profibus standard. Enter data in HEX with a blank in between (e.g.: 10 08 70 1A FF)
Variable prefix

If available you can load a GSD file for the Profibus slave (click "Load GSD file").

After loading the GSD file you can append Slave modules resp. change Parameter data.

Now you have to map variables to the remote I/Os. Use the Insert > Insert Variable…menu command to insert a variable to the selected slave or diagnostic block.

When you insert a variable to a slave, the following items must be entered:

Variablename
Area	Bus state, Diagnostic, Input or Output
Format	32 bit float, Boolean Byte, Signed 16 bit integer, Signed 32 bit integer, Signed 8 bit integer, Single bit, Unsigned 16 bit integer, Unsigned 32 bit integer, Unsigned 8 bit integer
Offset
Bit

Note: The offset of a variable is relatively to the slave. So the offset of the first variable is always 0.

Note: Take care to the number of I/Os for a slave! Do not overlap the next slave with the I/Os of the slave above.

All Settings can also be changed in the Grid. Click View > Gridto show/hide the Grid area. The listed information is always concerning the items below the selected item (e.g. a master is selected the grid shows the information of all connected slaves).

The Grid shows the values of the variables when connected to the runtime.

 

"Resolve ambiguous module IDs"
This dialog opens either you use "Browse bus" (see below) or you enter slave modules in the slave configuration and read the GSD file afterwards and the GSD file interpreter finds more than one modules per module ID.

With this dialog you can define the really used module (double click on the referring entry in the "Salve modules" column).

Data types:

You can freely map a variable of any data type to an I/O. The runtime automatically converts the value to the type of the variable. STRING variables are not supported.

Additional features:

“ Browse boards”:
This menu command is available in the context menu of the configuration (Hilscher CIF Profibus). With this command all available boards are listed up.

Select the necessary boards and click “OK”.

Use the Edit > Properties…menu command for the selected Hilscher CIF board in the configuration to set all available Profibus DP properties and logging information.

The log file will be written into the folder which hosts the Runtime program code.

Configure boards
This command is available in the context menu of the Hilscher CIF Profibus configuration. You can define CIF boards offline. This can be necessary e.g. to configure a Profibus network for a Windows CE device with CE runtime.

Note: The Physical address of the Profibus master and the Memory size of the dualport memory must be inserted manually!

“ Create master diagnostics”:
This menu command is available in the context menu of the Hilscher board. To create all master diagnostics variables of the Profibus master set a prefix referring to the IEC 61131-3 identifier conventions in the opened dialog.

Additionally set the flag “Create variable” if variables for the master diagnostics variables shall be declared in the variable list.

The following variables will be created:
WrongParameterization [BOOL]
AutoClearActivated [BOOL]
NoDataExchange [BOOL]
FatalError [BOOL]
BusErrorEvents [BOOL]
HostNotReady [BOOL]
PROFIBUS_timeout [BOOL]
GlobalState [USINT]
LocationOf Error [USINT]
ErrorEvent [USINT]
BusErrorCount [UINT]
BusTimeoutCount [UINT]

“ Browse bus”:
This menu command is available in the context menu of the Hilscher board. All available Profibus slaves are listed up in a dialog.

Choose the boards using the Create-column by check/uncheck the box.

Via double click on the slave or Edit > Propertiesthe mask for the configuration of the slaves opens. Here you can load the GSD file, define the Slave modules and change the Parameter data.

"Create variables for slave modules"
In the context menu of the slaves you find the "Create variables for slave modules" command. This commands creates I/O Variables based on the existing Slave modules configuration. The I/O Variables can be declared in the variable list by checking the "Create variables" in the prefix-mask.

“ Create slave diagnostics”:
This menu command is available in the context menu of the referring slave/device. To create all slave diagnostics variables of the Profibus slave set a prefix referring to the IEC 61131-3 identifier conventions in the opened dialog.

Additionally set the flag “Create variable” if variables for the slave diagnostics variables shall be created.

The following variables will be created:
ConfigurationReady [BOOL]
SlaveState [BOOL]
SlaveDiag [BOOL]
StationNonExistent [BOOL]
StationNotReady [BOOL]
SlaveCfgFault [BOOL]
ExtendedDiag [BOOL]
SyncFreezeNot Supported [BOOL]
InvalidResponse [BOOL]
ParamFaulty [BOOL]
MasterLook [BOOL]
ParamRequest [BOOL]
StaticDiagnostic [BOOL]
SlaveTrue [BOOL] … This bit can be used for detecting the initialized Profibus. If this bit is TRUE all diagnosis data are read by the master and the bus is initialized.
WatchdogOn [BOOL]
FreezeOn [BOOL]
SyncOn [BOOL]
SlaveDeActive [BOOL]
ExtDiagOverflow [BOOL]
SlaveMasterAdr [USINT]
SlaveIdent [UINT]

“ Convert project” (for zenOn integrated Workbench only!):
This menu command is available in the context menu of the configuration (Hilscher Profibus) if an old Profibus configuration of zenOn 6.01 is available.

Please follow the following steps to convert a project:

1.        Open an existing project that has a Profibus configuration

2.        Insert a configuration: Via “ Edit / Insert configuration…” or context menu in the Fieldbus Configuration

3.        Select Hilscher CIF Profibus

4.        Select “Convert project” in the context menu of the configuration

5.        Click “Convert” in the “Convert project”-window

6.        The “Convert project”-window lists up all found masters, slaves and variables

7.        Click OK in the “Convert project”-window

8.        You can either leave the profile of the variable if you still need it in zenOn or delete it if you do not need this variable in zenOn any more