Configuring PROFINET and defining signals
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12.3.2
IO and signal configuration
On this page you configure the PROFINET input and output modules for
the Edge Gateway. The Edge Gateway is a PROFINET IO device.
The upper table (
Available IO items
) shows the list of available input and
output modules. The lower table (
IO items
) shows the PROFINET
configuration and is empty at the beginning.
An “IO Item” corresponds to a PROFINET input or output module. The data
length of PROFINET modules differs: Possible lengths are 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12,
16, 20, 32, 64, 128 and 256 bytes for input or output data. The configured
modules (“IO Items” in the lower table) are the basis for the signal
definition.
Figure 117: List of the possible input and output modules
Figure 118: List of the configured input and output modules
The table “IO items” shows you the configured PROFINET input or output
modules.
Column name
Description
Index
Shows the module index.
Name
Shows the name of the module.
Tag
Editable short name required for the signal name. The signal name
addresses the data.
Description
Editable description of the module
Length in bytes
Shows the module length in bytes.
Byte offset
Shows the start address of the module (offset in bytes) in the input-
and output data memory. The offset is calculated automatically.
Table 50: Contents of the table “IO items”
Edge Gateway | NIOT-E-TPI51-EN-RE (Connect)
DOC170502UM04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2018-08 | Released | Public
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