PROFINET IO Connector Getting Started: Installation
- Configure IED Layer 2 access
- Configure Databus
- Configure PROFINET IO Driver in TIA Portal
- Configure PROFINET IO Connector
The PROFINET IO Connector requires Layer 2 access within the IED to enable a communication with the PLC.
Open the management system and select "My Edge Devices" on the left side in the bar and click on "+ New Edge Device" on the upper right side.
Configure your Edge Device and click on "Next".
Click on the "+" button at the top right to configure the network interface.
Configure the network interface and the Layer 2 access and click on "Add".
Confirm the device configuration with "Next" and with "Create".
In your IED go to the Settings, open the Connectivity tab and click on "LAN Network".
Go to the edditing window of your IED network adapter by clicking on pencil icon.
Configure the layer 2 access and click on "Update".
Make sure that you have installed
- Databus Configurator application in Applications -> Management
Important
To see this UI you need to first click on button "Discover a new experience" in bottom right corner. Then, confirm it by clicking on the same button again.
- Databus application in your IED
Then, in your IEM go to the data connection and open the Databus.
Launch the databus in to your IED.
Add topic as "ie/#" and user and password as "admin" and "admin" and permission as "Publish and Subscribe"
Deploy in to your IED.
Open the BOSCH Rexorth Indraworks engineering software tool in the project tree under the PLC controller. Then, right click on the one not used and set the device as Profinet IO_Device XM to make the BOSCH PLC as an PN IO device.
Add one of the Layer 2 IP address that configured already in IED.
Now the inputs and outputs should be added for reading the variables through PROFINET based on requirments.
For example one digital input 24 bytes and one digital output 8 bytes.
- One of the Bosch MLC interfaces wants to do the PROFINET communication and the factory needs to make sure that the interface is free and can be assigned to PROFINET
- Physical IED needs to be used for Profinet IO connector
- Point to Point connection should be established between BOSCH MLC and IED (connection can be also done via unmanaged switch)
Important
If there is no BOSCH MLC interface free then extra interface module should be purchased and use as an extension module for PROFINET communication
To manage the communication between PLC and IED, the PROFINET Driver and BOSCH MLC device should be configured in TIA portal.
In the TIA portal in the hardware catalog under the PC system select the communication module and choose the PROFINET Driver. Just double click on the '6ES7 195-3AA00-0YA0' and it will be added into the network view. Then, the PROFINET Driver is Industrial Edge Device as PROFINET IO controller.
Next, you have to add Linux native communication interface to the PROFINET Driver. Drag and drop it into the PROFINET interface of the PROFINET Driver in "Device view" field.
The project contains now a PC station with prepared PROFINET Driver.
In TIA portal click on "Options" and choose "Manage general station description files (GSD)".
Now import the GSDML File file of BOSCH PLC into the TIA portal.
Once the importing is done go to Hardware catalog -> Field devices -> Other Field devices -> PLCs & CPs -> Bosch Rexroth AG -> XM PN device.
Then, connect XM PN device (Bosch PLC as PN IO Device) to PROFINET Driver (IED as an PROFINET IO controller).
Now the inputs and outputs should be added and it should match the configuration of BOSCH MLC.
For example, if
- digital input 24 bytes need to be read via PROFINET then in TIA portal on PN IO device it need to configured as 24 bytes digital output
- digital output 8 bytes need to be read via PROFINET then in TIA portal on PN IO device it need to configured as 8 bytes digital input
The reason is that the inputs will be transferred as outputs and vice versa while it coming to IED (PN IO controller).
Assign one of the Layer 2 IP addresses for PN IO device. Moreover, it also should be the same configuration as Bosch MLC. Always keep the check-box "Generate PROFINET device name automatically" checked.
Once all configurations are done, save the project. Then, click on the compile icon. Once you do it, there will be the .xml file in the Compile logs view after compilation. If you click on the green arrow, the location of configuration .xml file will be opened.
- Install necessary applications
- Configure Common Configurator
- Configure IIH Essentials
You can find the further information about the following steps in the PROFINET IO Connector configuration.