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Appendix C: Communications via PROFIBUS
C.7 Cyclic versus acyclic data
C.7
Cyclic versus acyclic data
When you request data from a device via PROFIBUS PA, you have two choices. Cyclic data is
provided at every bus scan: acyclic data is requested and provided as needed.
Input information is always requested at every bus scan and is set up as cyclic data.
Configuration information is only needed periodically and is set up as acyclic data.
C.7.1
Cyclic data
When you configure SITRANS LR250 on the PROFIBUS PA bus, there are two slots available
for modules.
Note
Each of the slots has to have a module defined in it.
Slot 0 always transmits AIFB1 information; slot 1 defaults to Free Place, but can be changed to
AIFB2 information. If you do not wish to have data transmitted, then you must use a Free Place
module in that slot.
Each of the two Analog Input Function Blocks can be set up to return Level, Distance, or
Volume. Within the function blocks, the values are scaled according to the user requirements
[see Analog Input Function Blocks 1 and 2 (Page 261) for details].
AIFB1 and AIFB2 return 5 bytes of data each:
AIFB1
AIFB2
The first 4 bytes are the floating point representation (IEEE) of the variable. The variables are
the outputs of the function block. The 5th byte is the status word and the list of possible values is
given in the chart below.
The 5 bytes must be read consistently, in a contiguous chunk: they cannot be read byte by byte,
and cannot suffer an interrupt. If you are using an S7-300 / 400, you will need to use SFC14
DPRD_DAT: Read Consistent Data of a Standard PD Slave.
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Floating Point
byte 1
byte 2
byte 6
byte 7
byte 3
byte 4
byte 8
byte 9
SITRANS LR250 (PROFIBUS PA)
Operating Instructions, 08/2014, A5E32221386-AC
Status
byte 5
byte 10
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