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  Communication 
  9.4 Communication via PROFINET IO 
Function Manual 
Function Manual, 06/2012, 6SL3097-4AB10-0BP4 
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Device selection in HW Config 
Hardware catalog: 
The drive unit from the appropriate unit family entry in the hardware catalog must be 
configured. For the RT class IRT, these are all entries with the end identification ...PN-V2.2. 
GSD: 
The names of GSD files for devices which contain IRT end in …PN-V2.2. 
9.4.4  Selection of the PROFINET variant 
SINAMICS S110 supports the PROFINET variant: 
●  PROFINET version 2.2 (RT class IRT) 
The PROFINET variant required is stored in a separate UFW file for each variant. The 
pointer file optboard.txt contains the names of the UFW files to be loaded. The pointer file 
refers to PROFINET V2.2 by default. 
Table 9- 41  UFW file and selection in the pointer file 
UFW file and folder on memory card  Functionality  Pointer file content 
/SIEMENS/SINAMICS/CODE/CB/ 
CBE20_1.UFW 
PROFINET V2.2  CBE20=1 
Identification of firmware version: 
The OMI diagnostic channel, parameter r8858 can be read to identify which firmware version 
of PROFINET interface is currently loaded. 
9.4.5  PROFINET GSD 
For integration into a PROFINET network, SINAMICS S110 supports two different 
PROFINET GSD versions (device master file): 
●  PROFINET GSD for compact modules 
●  PROFINET GSD with subslot configuring 
PROFINET GSD for compact modules 
With the PROFINET GSD for compact modules, you can precisely configure a complete 
module which corresponds to a drive object. Each of these modules involves two subslots: 
The Parameter Access Point (PAP) and a PZD telegram for transferring process data. You 
can identify the PROFINET GSD for compact modules by the following structure of the file 
name: 
GSDML-V2.25-Siemens-Sinamics_S110-20100803.xml (example) 










