Overview
Description
Diagnosis
POWERLINK-Interface
System Requirements
Ordering Information
In daily use of POWERLINK it is important to determine very fast and reliable the main parameters of the network to recognize potential possible error sources or really faulty devices or configurations.
The POWERLINK-REport is a versatile POWERLINK network analyzer and monitor. With its features for logging, analysis and interpretation of POWERLINK messages it supports development, diagnostic and configuration of POWERLINK devices and networks.
Property/Parameter
1
Cycle time
2
Slot time
3
Response time
5
Time between two slots
5
Length of the individual periods of the cycle
6
Number of isochronous package couples
7
Order of the isochronous enquiries
8
Exploitation of the asynchronous phase
9
Nodes in the net
10
Discarded packages
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The timing view displays the messages of a POWERLINK cycle over a time line. The following attributes of a message are shown:
The POWERLINK version V1 or V2 is detected automatically and the frames are interpreted accordingly.
In the Offline mode the view can be zoomed and the frames can be browsed.
Further data like the source- or destination address and exact start and end times of the frames are displayed on request.
The number of displayed frames can be limited by special filters.
A list representation of all Ethernet frames of a cycle brings detailed information. Response times of the nodes and length of frames can be determined exactly, and NMT- and error information are displayed for each frame. All available information including the precise time stamp can be saved in the standardized OpenDocument format or as a CSV file for further processing.
The payload of POWERLINK nodes can be displayed as raw data or interpreted according to the PDO-Mapping. The raw data view displays the data in hexadecimal notation. The first row contains the offset from the start of the payload data.
Besides the display of their chronological development, the characteristics can be evaluated statistically. The arithmetic mean, minima and maxima and the dispersion of the values be can recorded and evaluated by the POWERLINK-REport.
Likewise the different phases of an POWERLINK cycle can be monitored.
Complete
POWERLINK cycles, messages with payload or statistical
information can be recorded in the memory or in a file.
These data can be evaluated in detail afterwards.
A special feature of the POWERLINK-REport is the interpretation of SDO messages. The sequence layer and command layer protocol is analyzed in detail and all important information is extracted. Additionally, different SDO message types are displayed with different colors.
With
it numerous diagnostic features the
POWERLINK-REport can be used for the diagnosis
of running networks. A monitoring of network parameters
allows the preventive detection of problems with the network
and prevents production downtimes in advance. By diagnosis
during production severe damages to machines and financial
loss can be avoided.
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As hardware to access an POWERLINK network an POWERLINK Gateway is taken advantage of. Special requirements are made to the timely exact acquisition of Ethernet frames. The gateway has a second Ethernet TCP/IP port for the evaluation software, the POWERLINK-REport GUI.
Operating System:
Windows™ 2000, XP, Vista
LINUX™
Processor:
Pentium IV or later RAM:
256 MByte
Harddisk Space:
>25 MByte available
1740/10
POWERLINK-REport-W
(Full Version, Windows™)
1740/20
POWERLINK-REport-L
(Full Version, LINUX™)
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