DAD 143.x User Manual Profinet Rev.1.1.1 March 2023 Page 67 of 95
14 Cyclic Data Transfer - ProfiNet
Measuring data and status information from the DAD is sent cyclic to the PLC as a complete data package.
Simple commands (Tare, zero, etc) are also sent as cyclic data from the PLC to the DAD. An additional
mechanism in the cyclic data transfer allow the PLC to send commands to the DAD and the reply to be sent
back to the PLC. Please note that these commands can also be send as acyclic data.
14.1 Data sent from the DAD 143.x to the PLC
14.1.1 Data package sent from the DAD 143.x
The DAD 143.x sends a fixed size 21 byte array to the PLC. These bytes shall be interpreted as follows:
14.1.2 CmdStatus
When a command is sent to the DAD through the cyclic data exchange system this variable will hold a status
information telling how the execution of the command went.
Bit 7 is an acknowledge bit and it will toggle everytime the status information is updated.
The lower four bits (0 to 3) contain the status code: