PROFINET engineering
In Freelance 2024, PROFINET communication requires controllers of the AC 900F family. There is no support for AC 800F or AC 700F controller for the current release. Depending on the AC900F controller used, a single Freelance controller can contain up to four PROFINET IO-Controllers.
The communication interface module CI 940F acts as PROFINET IO-Controller (PN_CTRL) in PROFINET communication. PROFINET IO device (PN_DEV) is inserted under PROFINET IO- Controller (PN_CTRL), it will be listed in tree view automatically after insertion.
PROFINET commissioning
The PROFINET controller detail view interface shows the status of the PROFINET controller, PROFINET devices and field devices. If diagnostic data are available for a PROFINET module/submodule or PROFINET device the corresponding node is displayed in red. The red color is also passed on the superordinate nodes up to the node that represents the process station. This inherited color is also active if the tree is not expanded.
PROFINET device detail view The PROFINET device detail view interface shows the PROFINET IO device information, the device status as well as the diagnostic information. The status of field device is indicated by red/green/blue triangle symbols.