Technical data

Communication
9.3 Communication via PROFIBUS DP
Function Manual
Function Manual, 06/2012, 6SL3097-4AB10-0BP4
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Device master file
A device master file provides a full and clear description of the features of a PROFIBUS
slave.
The GSD files can be found at the following locations:
● On the CD for the STARTER commissioning tool
Order no. 6SL3072-0AA00-0AGx
Figure 9-21 Hardware catalog of the generic station description file with slave-to-slave
communication functionality
The "SINAMICS S110 CU305 V4.3" GSD file contains standard telegrams, free telegrams
and slave-to-slave telegrams for configuring slave-to-slave communication. The user must
take these telegram parts and an axis separator after each drive object (DO) to compose a
telegram for the drive unit.
Processing a GSD file in HW Config is covered in the SIMATIC documentation.