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12 PA Link/Coupler module ............................................................................... 122
12.1 Quick Start checklist ..................................................................................................................... 123
12.2 Monitoring mode.......................................................................................................................... 124
12.2.1 Module status ............................................................................................................................... 124
12.2.2 PA oscilloscope images ................................................................................................................. 125
12.2.3 PA Bar Graph ................................................................................................................................ 125
12.2.4 PA measurements......................................................................................................................... 126
12.2.5 Oscilloscope configuration ........................................................................................................... 127
12.3 Link mode (module firmware v2.10.1 and higher only) ............................................................... 128
12.3.1 Converting PA GSD files ................................................................................................................ 128
12.3.2 Link configuration – bus parameters ............................................................................................ 128
12.4 Coupler mode ............................................................................................................................... 129
12.4.1 Bus Parameters ............................................................................................................................. 129
12.5 Physical layer ................................................................................................................................ 130
12.5.1 Connecting a PA segment ............................................................................................................. 130
12.5.2 Cable specifications ...................................................................................................................... 131
12.5.3 Spur lines ...................................................................................................................................... 133
12.5.4 Current consumption calculations ................................................................................................ 133
12.5.5 Voltage at the end of the segment ............................................................................................... 134
13 PROFINET Device PND-001........................................................................... 135
13.1 Topologies .................................................................................................................................... 135
13.2 Status LEDs ................................................................................................................................... 136
13.2.1 RDY LED ........................................................................................................................................ 136
13.2.2 PROFINET LEDs ............................................................................................................................. 137
13.3 Quick Start checklist ..................................................................................................................... 138
13.4 Identification and name assignment ............................................................................................ 139
13.4.1 MAC address ................................................................................................................................. 139
13.4.2 Assigning a custom name ............................................................................................................. 139
13.4.3 Assigning a pre-defined name ...................................................................................................... 140
13.5 Remote I/O mode ......................................................................................................................... 140
13.6 PN/PN coupling or Proxy mode .................................................................................................... 141
13.7 PROFINET / PROFIBUS proxy ........................................................................................................ 142
14 CommDTM ................................................................................................... 144
14.1 Installing drivers, CommDTM and server ..................................................................................... 144
14.2 Setting up the PCD server ............................................................................................................. 144
14.3 Using the CommDTM ................................................................................................................... 145
15 OPC ............................................................................................................... 148
15.1 Installing the OPC drivers ............................................................................................................. 148
15.2 Setting up a stream....................................................................................................................... 149
15.3 Selecting OPC tags ........................................................................................................................ 149
15.4 Activating the OPC server ............................................................................................................. 150
16 SNMP ............................................................................................................ 153
16.1 List of data items .......................................................................................................................... 153
16.2 Viewing the MIB file ..................................................................................................................... 154
17 Firmware updates ........................................................................................ 156
17.1 Updating the Head Station ........................................................................................................... 156
17.2 Updating modules ........................................................................................................................ 158
18 Tips and Tricks .............................................................................................. 159
18.1 Ident Number lookup ................................................................................................................... 159
18.2 Solution for secured email connections ....................................................................................... 159
18.3 IP address adjustment tool ........................................................................................................... 159
18.4 Free Wi-Fi channel detector ......................................................................................................... 159