Deactivating the CfgData Check
Checking the CfgData can be deactivated if a DP master is not capable of operating with the modules listed in the GSD file. In that case the master can send any CfgData, and as many inputs and outputs are transferred as are described by the CfgData.
Deactivation of the CfgData checking can also be useful if a specific address range is to be reserved in the PLC for future extensions. In that case, more input and output data is to be transferred than is in fact necessary.
Deactivation of the CfgData check can be set in the UserPrmData:
Byte | Bit | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 1bin | CfgData checking is deactivated |
In general, the I/O data from the modules (terminals or IE modules) is written by the coupler in the standard sequence (first the complex, then the digital modules), as is also the case for other fieldbus couplers; this has already been described in connection with the structure of the process image in the coupler. The decision on a module-to-module basis as to whether the module is mapped in compact or complex form, which would otherwise be possible under DP, is omitted when CfgData checking is deactivated. In that case, the setting made in the UserPrmData applies to all modules:
The compact or complex mapping can be set in the UserPrmData:
Byte | Bit | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
9 | 2 | 0bin | Analog modules are mapped in compact form (only with the input or output user data) |
1bin | Analog modules are mapped in complex form (including control/status for register access and the same data length in the inputs and outputs) |
The extended GSD file must be used to deactivate CfgData checking and to specify compact/complex mapping textually in the master's configuration tool.