Communication
9.3 Communication via PROFIBUS DP
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9.3.4.5 GSD file
Generic station description file (GSD)
A special generic station description file exists for the SINAMICS family to permit integration
of the PROFIBUS slave-to-slave communication in the SINAMICS drive.
Figure 9-38 Hardware catalog of the generic station description file with slave-to-slave
communication functionality
The SINAMICS S DXB GSD file contains standard telegrams, free telegrams and slave-to-
slave telegrams for configuring slave-to-slave communication. The user must take these
telegram parts and an axis delimiter after each DO to compose a telegram for the drive unit.
The processing of a generic station description file in HW Config is covered by the SIMATIC
documentation.