By itself (without the optional ScopeWare, TopologyScan and ProfiCaptain 2), ProfiTrace 2 software provides multiple "views" of your network, including the "Live List", the "Messages" view, the "Station Statistics View" and the "Data Inspection" view. This enhanced version of of the original ProfiTrace allows you to quickly find: Repeats, Fall-outs, Corrupted messages, Diagnostics, Cycle time, and more.
Live List:
- Colorful representation of detected devices with real-time updates
- Advice & warnings: Ident number mismatch, Watchdog not set, Illegal configuration
- Last diagnostic, parameter, configuration and data-exchange message
- GSD file management for product and diagnostic identification
Messages View:
- Colorful visualization of FDL, DP, DP-V1, DP-V2, PA and I&M messages
- Messages can be filtered and stored
- Data interpretation engine (byte, word, floating point, etc.)
- Error detection
- Bookmarks
Station Statistics View:
- Powerful statistics for every error and device (repeats, fall outs, etc.)
- Seventeen (17) different statistics are tracked for each PROFIBUS node
Data Inspection View:
Helps you further break down captured messages into more meaningful representations.
Can be used to permanently show the latest captured data in a variety of formats and views
Scopeware Features:
The optional ScopeWare is the major breakthrough in the new ProfiTrace 2 family. The oscilloscope hardware is built into the new ProfiCore Ultra, and the ScopeWare software allows you view the integrated scope right on your PC screen.
Features include:
- Time scale: 50 ns to 500 ms
- Voltage scale: 0.5 to 5 V per DIV
- Cursor measurement lines (voltage and time)
- Differential (B-A) and single ended (A and/or B line) measurements
- Free running or trigger per device
- Trigger features: start of response or request message
ProfiCore Ultra features:
- Frequency: 192 MHz.
- Bandwith: 100 MHz.
- Differential measurement: -9 to +9 V.
- Single ended: -4.5 to +8 V.
Bar Graph Features:
- Average, Min. and Max. signal levels per device
- Color indicates the quality of the signal
- Continuously updated
Topologyscan Features:
The optional TopologyScan is a key feature in the ProfiTrace 2 family, allowing you to diagram your network and give you an accurate picture of where to go in your network when trouble arises. TopologyScan must be purchased with ScopeWare.
Features include:
- Automatic generation of the network topology
- No shutdown required!
- No disturbance in the cycle time!
- Works on 500 kbps and 1,5 Mbps
- On passive networks (no active Master) create a topology scan in conjunction with ProfiCaptain 2
OPC Server Features:
The optional OPC Server is the latest feature in the ProfiTrace 2 family. Using the OPC Server, you can display ProfiTrace tags in a SCADA/HMI package or link it to an SMS/email client and sent a message when something happens with the PROFIBUS installation or even generate your own report in MS Word/Excel. Every application that acts as OPC client can utilize the ProfiTrace tags. It does NOT corrupt the PROFIBUS cycle time because the information comes from busmonitoring (listening).
Available Tags include:
- Live List data per device
- Statistics per device (Syncs, Retries, Lost, etc.)
- Process variables from Data Exchange messages
ProfiCaptain Features:
The optional ProfiCaptain 2 software is now completely integrated within ProfiTrace 2.
Features include:
- The ability to put slaves in Data Exchange
- I/O testing with automatic patterns
- Automatic detection of existing busparameters
- Unique concept of 'stealing' slaves
- Class 2 functions in a Class 1 framework
- No shutdowns when updating the configuration
- Deactivating slaves in the configuration
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Complete Package Features:
