ALSPA PROFIBUS Field Bus Coupler Appendix D. Configuring the Master
(09/06) Technical Manual Page D1
Appendix D. Configuring the Master
This section contains information specific to certain packages used
to configure a PROFIBUS master.
D.1 ALSPA C80-35 PLC using ALSPA P80
D.1.1 Type 2 PPO packets
These packets are 10 words (20 bytes) long and should be
configured as three consecutive modules of type input/output with a
length type of Word and a consistency over the whole length. Each
module should have its own module number, i.e. 1, 2 or 3. The first
two modules should be 4 words in length and the last module
should be two words long. The reference and monitor values will be
in the (output or input respectively) memory locations for the second
and third modules.
D.1.2 Type 4 PPO packets
These packets are 6 words (12 bytes) long and should be
configured as one module of type input/output with a length type of
Word and a consistency over the whole length. The modules
should be 6 words long.
D.2 Example Disk
A pocket is provided in the manual to store an Example disk that is
supplied with the product.
The disk supplied with this manual gives an example ALSPA P80
configuration for the ALSPA C80-35 module available from
Converteam
. The example configuration matches that of the
example in Appendix A.