How to maintain healthy Profibus networks in Process applications with minimum disruption

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DIAGNOSTICS and MAINTENANCE of
PROFIBUS PA NETWORKS
Dave Tomlin
Hitex UK
dtomlin@hitex.co.uk
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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Universal diagnostic software supports multiple
tools for PROFIBUS DP & PA
PROFIBUS
Monitor
BC-502-PB
PA
Diagnostic
Monitor
BC-230-PB
DP + PA Protocol
Analyser
BC-450-PB
PROFIBUS
Tester 4
BC-600-PB

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BC-230-PA PROFIBUS PA Monitor
Universal tool for setup and commissioning,
documentation, acceptance testing,
preventive maintenance, and
troubleshooting on PROFIBUS PA
networks.
Hazardous Area Approvals:
 FM USA and Canada:
Class I Division 2 Groups A, B, C and D T4
Class I Zone 2 Group IIC T4
Class I Division 1 Groups A, B, C and D T4
Class I Zone 0 and 1 Ex/AEx ia IIC T4
 ATEX Ex ia IIC T4
 ATEX Ex nL IIC T4
 ATEX Ex ic IIC T4
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BC-4x0-PB Protocol Analyser for
PROFIBUS DP & PA
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PROFIBUS Protocol Analyzers
Test the bus communication on
PROFIBUS DP and PA segments
during operation.
 Easy to Use
 All Bus Device States at a Glance
 Complete Event Log
 Diagnostic Messages in Plain Text
 Long‐Term Trend Recording
 Test report generation

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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite Functionality
with supported buscheck tools
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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Network status – Protocol tab
Select segment, master or slave levels:

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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Network status – Protocol tab
If the correct GSD files are available for identified devices, the device
type, error messages, configuration and parameters can be displayed in
plain text.
All exchanges between masters & slaves are logged with a time stamp
other tools reading hexadecimal
only
PB‐DIAG‐SUITE reads clear text
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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Trend Analysis
The trend analysis feature is used for finding rare or sporadic faults over a prolonged
period of time.
It covers both bus communication and signal quality.

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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Expert functions - Frames
The frame analysis function provides powerful trigger and filter
settings for analyzing individual frames
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PROFIBUS Diagnostics Suite
Test report
Based on the network status,
a detailed test report
including all graphics can be
generated from an active test
tool, or from a file.
The test report can be printed
or exported as a PDF or an
Excel file

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PB-USB Universal PROFIBUS Interface with
High-Speed USB Port
Optimised for :
 Network Configuration
 Device Parameterisation
 PLC programming
 Plant maintenance
 Data acquisition
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Application Note

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