As a modular PROFINET IO-Device, the gateway integrates any subordinate SmartWire-DT network into PROFINET. The device thereby maps each SmartWire-DT station modularly as a single PROFINET slot.
The cyclic process data is exchanged and converted transparently between both networks. 1000 bytes of I/O data can be exchanged with up to 99 SmartWire-DT stations.
The gateway is commissioned on-site simply by pushing a configuration button to save the currently scanned actual configuration of the SmartWire-DT network with the nominal one. With each new start, the gateway compares the actual and nominal configuration. The gateway activates itself for the PROFINET communication if both configurations match.
A PROFINET GSDML file contains the gateway parameters and all SmartWire-DT stations as configurable modules. A file import into the engineering tool of the PROFINET controller enables the user to carry out the entire gateway configuration via PROFINET.
The software SWD-Assist serves to plan, dimension, and document a SmartWire-DT network while the network is offline. The online mode allows a status display of inputs and outputs, SWD diagnosis, and the generation of a project-specific GSDML file.