DiagnosisToolforPROFIBUSDP/PAandFFH1 TheBusMonitorisanindispensabletoolforcommissioning,maintenanceanddiagnosticsofPROFIBUSnetworks,aswellasforthedevelopmentofPROFIBUSproducts. ThenewBusMonitorUSBcaneasilybeinstalledonanotebookoradesktopPCviaitsUSB2.0interface.Thismakesitperfectlysuitedfortherequirementsofeverydayuse.Thehandlingisuser-friendlywithouttimeconsumingtraining.Thelowpowerrequirement(approx.40mA)throughtheUSBinterfaceallowslongrun-timebatteryoptionofmodernnotebooks. InonlineoperationtheBusMonitorrecordsthemessageinterchangeuptoabaudrateof12Mbit/swithsinglebitaccuracy.Alsofaultytelegramsarerecorded.ThepassiveRS485interface,whichisintegratedintheplug,guaranteesareactionlessmeasurementduringtheoperationofthebus.DuringthetestalivelistdividedintoMasterandSlavesisautomaticallygenerated. Inofflinemodetherecordedmessagesaredisplayed.Theycanbedecodedondifferentprotocollevels(physicallevel,FDL,DP-DPV1orcombined).Therecordingcontainsaprecisetimestampprovidingaprecisemeasurementofthebustimingevenwith12Mbit/s.Therecordingcanbecalculatedinmilliseconds,bittimes,absolutetime,ortimedifferencebetweensucceedingmessages.Therecordedmessagescanbestoredindifferentformatsandarethenavailableforprocessingwithexternaltools. Avariousnumberoffilterscanbedefinedforrecordingaswellasfordisplayingmessages.Thesefilterscanalsobeusedtosearchforcertainmessages.Thestartofarecordingsessioncanbedefinedbytriggerconditions,i.e.acertaintelegramorthen-multipleappearanceofatelegram. WiththeremotecontrolfunctionalitytheBusMonitorcanberemote-controlledbyanyothercomputerviatheDCOMinterface.Especially,theloggingfunctionforlongtimesupervisionofnetworks,recordingofchangesofthebusconfigurationaswellastheanalysisofthebuscharacteristics(errorrate,busload,ratioofuserdatatoprotocoloverhead)canbeusedcomfortablybytheremotePC. Thenewsoftwaremodules(Conti-,Spy-andOPCModule)extendtheBusMonitor'sfieldofapplicationsubstantially. ContiModule BymeansoftheContiModulePROFIBUSDPtelegramsarecontinuouslyrecordedduringanarbitrarylengthoftime.Theonlylimitationistheavailablehard-diskspace. SpyModule TheSpyModuleoffersextensivepossibilitiesofcomfortablylisteningtothebuscommunicationinonlineorofflinemode.OwingtoGSDbaseddecodingandvariousanalysisfunctions,allimportantcharacteristicofthemanufacturingnetworkarepreparedgraphicallyorintabularform. OPCModule TheOPCModuleprovidesanopeninterfacethroughwhichalldatarecordedbytheBusMonitorcanbeaccessedonline. SystemPrerequisites PENTIUMIVprocessor,1.4GHz,512MBRAM OneportforUSB2.0(highspeed) OperatingsystemMS-Windows2000/XP/Vista/7(beta) ScopeofDelivery PROFIBUSDPprobeheadwithUSB2.0interface Plugwithintegratedelectricalisolation PCsoftwarePROFIBUSBusMonitorUSB Documentation ifapplicablePROFIBUSPAor FFH1probehead Functionalities Recordingofbustrafficatallstandardisedtransferratesfrom9,6Kbit/supto12Mbit/s Automaticdetectionofbaudrate Upto40recordingandsearchfilters Filteringforstationaddress FDL-,andDP/DPV1services,SAPs Triggersettings Decodingonphysical-,FDL-,andDP/DPV1-layer Configurabletimestamping(bittime,timeinms,absolutetime,relativetime) Searchfunctionality,withorwithoutringbuffer Storageinopenfileformat(ASCII) RemotecontrolviaDCOMinterface