IEC 62769-103-4:2020

Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 103-4: Profiles - PROFINET

IEC 62769-103-4:2020 specifies an FDI profile of IEC 62769 for IEC 61784-2_CP 3/4, IEC 61784-2_CP3/5 and IEC 61784-2_CP3/6 (PROFINET). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) support for generic protocol extension for faster adoption of other technologies;
b) support for Package Developers to build EDDs targeted for today’s EDD bases system under a single development tool.

Intégration des appareils de terrain (FDI) - Partie 103-4: Profils - PROFINET

IEC 62769-103-4:2020 spécifie un profil FDI de l’IEC 62769 pour l’IEC 617842_CP 3/4, l’IEC 61784-2_CP 3/5 et l’IEC 61784-2_CP 3/6 (PROFINET ). Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2015. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente:
a) prise en charge d’extensions de protocoles génériques, pour une adoption plus rapide d’autres technologies;
b) capacité offerte aux Développeurs de Paquetages d’élaborer des EDD ciblant les systèmes actuels de bases EDD, en exploitant un seul outil de développement.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Apr-2020
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 35.100.05 - Multilayer applications
• Technical Committee: SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
• Drafting Committee: WG 7 - TC 65/SC 65E/WG 7
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Start Date: 18-Apr-2023
• Completion Date: 28-Jan-2022

Relations

• Revises: IEC 62769-103-4:2015 - Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 103-4: Profiles - PROFINET
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023
• Revised: IEC 62769-103-4:2023 - Field Device Integration (FDI)® - Part 103-4: PROFINET
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Overview

IEC 62769-103-4:2020 - Field Device Integration (FDI) Part 103-4: Profiles – PROFINET specifies an FDI profile for mapping PROFINET (IEC 61784-2 CP3/4, CP3/5, CP3/6) into the FDI ecosystem. This second edition (2020) replaces the 2015 edition and constitutes a technical revision. Notable updates include support for a generic protocol extension to speed adoption of new technologies and enhanced support for Package Developers to create EDDs (Electronic Device Descriptions) for modern EDD-based systems using a single development tool.

Key topics and technical coverage

• Profile for PROFINET: normative rules for representing PROFINET devices and services within FDI packages.
• Catalog and Protocol Support Files: definition of protocol support files for device and communication packages.
• CommunicationProfile and Profile Device: specification of how communication profiles and profile devices are identified and described.
• Device identification and version mapping: procedures to map device type and revision information from PROFINET devices into FDI packages.
• Information model mapping: mapping rules for ProtocolType, DeviceType and FunctionalGroup identifiers so management and configuration tools can interoperate.
• Topology elements: schema and definitions for ConnectionPoint, Communication Device, service providers and Network objects used in topology scans.
• Methods and transfer services: method definitions for FDI Communication Servers and Gateways, including connect/disconnect, transfer and set address operations.
• Normative annexes: topology scan XML schema and transfer service parameter definitions (e.g., sendData/receiveData structures).
• Tooling and EDD support: guidance enabling Package Developers to generate EDDs compatible with existing EDD-based toolchains.

Practical applications and who uses it

IEC 62769-103-4 is used by:

• Device manufacturers building PROFINET-capable field devices and FDI Device Packages.
• System integrators and automation engineers who need consistent device description, commissioning and diagnostics across PROFINET networks.
• Control and asset management software vendors implementing FDI Communication Servers, Gateways and topology discovery.
• Tool developers creating EDD/FDI authoring tools and device configuration utilities.

Practical benefits include improved interoperability, standard mapping of PROFINET device metadata into FDI, streamlined EDD generation, and support for future protocol extensions.

Related standards

• IEC 62769 (FDI series) - overall framework for Field Device Integration
• IEC 61784-2 - PROFINET communication profile definitions (CP 3/4, CP3/5, CP3/6)
• EDDL and XML syntax conventions referenced by the document for device description and topology schemas

Keywords: IEC 62769-103-4, Field Device Integration, FDI, PROFINET, IEC 61784-2, EDD, Device Package, topology scan, FDI Communication Server, protocol extension.

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4

INTRODUCTION .

1 Scope . 7

2 Normative references . 7

3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and acronyms conventions . 8

3.1 Terms and definitions . 8

3.2 Abbreviated terms and acronyms . 8
3.3 Conventions . 8
3.3.1 EDDL syntax. 8
3.3.2 XML syntax . 8
3.3.3 Capitalizations . 8
4 Profile for PROFINET . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Catalog profile . 9
4.2.1 Protocol support file . 9
4.2.2 CommunicationProfile definition . 10
4.2.3 Profile device . 10
4.2.4 Protocol version information . 10
4.3 Associating a Package with a device . 11
4.3.1 Device type identification mapping . 11
4.3.2 Device type revision mapping . 12
4.4 Information Model mapping . 13
4.4.1 ProtocolType definition . 13
4.4.2 DeviceType mapping . 13
4.4.3 FunctionalGroup identification definition . 14
4.5 Topology elements . 14
4.5.1 ConnectionPoint definition . 14
4.5.2 Communication Device definition . 16
4.5.3 Communication service provider definition . 17
4.5.4 Network definition . 18
4.6 Methods . 18
4.6.1 Methods for FDI Communication Servers . 18

4.6.2 Methods for Gateways . 22
Annex A (normative) Topology scan schema . 29
A.1 General . 29
A.2 Network . 29
A.3 ProfinetNetworkT . 29
A.4 ProfinetConnectionPointT . 29
A.5 ProfinetIdentificationT . 30
A.6 MACT . 31
A.7 IPv4T . 31
A.8 IPv6T . 31
A.9 DNSNameT . 31
A.10 Hex4DigitT . 31
Annex B (normative) Transfer service parameters . 32
B.1 General . 32

B.2 sendData . 32

B.3 receiveData . 32

B.4 TransferSendDataT . 32

B.5 TransferResultDataT . 33

B.6 OperationT . 33

Bibliography . 34

Figure 1 – Version mapping problem . 12

Table 1 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Device Packages . 9
Table 2 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages . 10
Table 3 – Catalog values for profile devices . 10
Table 4 – Version mapping examples . 11
Table 5 – Device identification information mapping . 12
Table 6 – Protocol type Profinet_IO . 13
Table 7 – DeviceType Property mapping . 14
Table 8 – PROFINET identification type definition . 14
Table 9 – ConnectionPoint type for Profinet_IO . 15
Table 10 – Method Connect arguments . 19
Table 11 – Method Disconnect arguments . 19
Table 12 – Method Transfer arguments . 20
Table 13 – Method SetAddress arguments . 21
Table 14 – Method Connect arguments . 23
Table 15 – Method Transfer arguments . 24
Table 16 – Method SetAddress arguments . 26
Table A.1 – Elements of ProfinetNetworkT . 29
Table A.2 – Attributes of ProfinetConnectionPointT . 30
Table A.3 – Elements of ProfinetConnectionPointT . 30
Table A.4 – Attributes of ProfinetIdentificationT . 30
Table B.1 – Attributes of TransferSendDataT . 33
Table B.2 – Attributes of TransferResultDataT . 33

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International Standard IEC 62769-103-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and

integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process

measurement, control and automation.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition

constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous

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a) support for generic protocol extension for faster adoption of other technologies;

b) support for Package Developers to build EDDs targeted for today’s EDD bases system under
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FIELD DEVICE INTEGRATION (FDI) –

Part 103-4: Profiles – PROFINET

1 Scope
This part of IEC 62769 specifies an FDI profile of IEC 62769 for IEC 61784-2_CP 3/4,
IEC 61784-2_CP3/5 and IEC 61784-2_CP3/6 (PROFINET ).
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 61158-5-10, Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-10:
Application layer service definition - Type 10 elements
IEC 61784-2, Industrial communication networks - Profiles - Part 2: Additional fieldbus profiles
for real-time networks based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3
IEC 61804 (all parts), Function blocks (FB) for process control and Electronic Device
Description Language (EDDL)
IEC 62541-100:2015, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 100: OPC UA for Devices Device
Interface
IEC 62769-2, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 2: FDI Client
NOTE 1 IEC 62769-2 is technically identical to FDI-2022.
IEC 62769-4, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 4: FDI Packages
NOTE 2 IEC 62769-4 is technically identical to FDI-2024.
IEC 62769-5, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 5: FDI Information Model

NOTE 3 IEC 62769-5 is technically identical to FDI-2025.
IEC 62769-6, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 6: FDI Technology Mapping
NOTE 4 IEC 62769-6 is technically identical to FDI-2026.
IEC 62769-7, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 7: FDI Communication Devices
NOTE 5 IEC 62769-7 is technically identical to FDI-2027.
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1 PROFINET is the trade name of the non-profit consortium PROFIBUS & PROFINET International. This information
is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by IEC of the
trademark holder or any of its products. Compliance does not require use of the trade name. Use of the trade
name requires permission of the trade name holder.

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PI Order No.: 2.122:2008, Specification for PROFIBUS – Device Description and Device

Integration – Volume 1: GSD, V5.1, July 2008: GSD; available at

PI Order No.: 2.352:2014, GSDML Specification for PROFINET IO; available at


3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and acronyms conventions

3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 61158-5-10,

IEC 61784-2, IEC 61804 (all parts), IEC 62541-100, IEC 62769-2, IEC 62769-4, IEC 62769-5,
IEC 62769-6, IEC 62769-7 and PI Order No.: 2.352:2014 apply.
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3.2 Abbreviated terms and acronyms
For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviated terms and acronyms apply:
DCP Discovery and basic configuration protocol (according to IEC 61158-5-10)
DNS Domain name system
EDD Electronic Device Description
EDDL Electronic Device Description Language (see IEC 61804)
GSD General station description (see PI Order No.: 2.122:2008)
GSDML GSD markup language (see PI Order No.: 2.352:2014)
IP Internet protocol (IETF RFC 791)
UIP User Interface plug-in
UUID Universal unique identifier (see ISO/IEC 11578)
XML Extensible markup language (see REC-xml-20081126)
3.3 Conventions
3.3.1 EDDL syntax
This part of IEC 62769 specifies content for the EDD component that is part of FDI
Communication Packages. The specification content using EDDL syntax uses the font Courier
New. The EDDL syntax is used for method signature, variable, data structure and component
declarations.
3.3.2 XML syntax
XML syntax examples use the font Courier New. The XML syntax is used to describe XML
document schema.
Example:
3.3.3 Capitalizations
IEC 62769 (all parts) uses capitalized terms to emphasize that these terms have an FDI specific
meaning.
Some of these terms using an acronym as a prefix for example

• FDI Client, or
• FDI Server.
Some of these terms are compound terms such as:

• Communication Servers, or
• Profile for Package.
Parameter names or attributes are concatenated to a single term, where the original terms

starting in this term with a capital letter such as:
• ProtocolSupportFile, or
• ProtocolType.
Parameter names or attributes can also be constructed by using an underscore character to
concatenate two or more terms such as:
• PROFILE_ID, or
• Profinet_PA_Network.
4 Profile for PROFINET
4.1 General
This profile document to the FDI specification in IEC 62769 specifies the protocol specifics
needed for FDI Packages describing Communication Servers, Gateways and Devices.
For Communication Servers this document defines also protocol specifics as these need to be
considered in the Communication Servers hosted Information Model.
4.2 Catalog profile
4.2.1 Protocol support file
4.2.1.1 FDI Device Package
A GSD file is a mandatory Attachment for FDI Device Packages representing PROFINET IO
devices.
Protocol specific attachments are mentioned in the Package Catalog as defined in

IEC 62769-5. A communication feature list mark-up language (GSDML) file according to PI
Order No.: 2.352:2014 is a mandatory attachment for FDI Device Packages representing
PROFINET devices. Table 1 specifies the parameters of ProtocolSupportFile in the FDI Device
Package.
Table 1 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Device Packages
Parameter Description
Content Type text/xml
Root Namespace Empty
Source Relationship http://fdi-cooperation.com/2010/relationship/attachment-protocol
Filename According to PI Order No.: 2.352:2014

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4.2.1.2 FDI Communication Package

A GSDML file as specified in ISO 15745 4:2003/AMD1:2006, is an optional attachment for FDI

Communication Packages representing PROFINET IO devices. Table 2 specifies the

parameters of ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages.

Table 2 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages

Parameter Description
Content Type text/xml
Root Namespace Empty
Source Relationship http://fdi-cooperation.com/2010/relationship/attachment-protocol
Filename According to PI Order No.: 2.352:2014

4.2.2 CommunicationProfile definition
IEC 62769-4 defines a CommunicationProfileT enumeration type string for the Catalog XML
schema. The PROFINET specific value defined inside this enumeration is shall be "profinet_io".
4.2.3 Profile device
A Profile Package shall provide the catalog values for profile devices, enabling the FDI Server
to leverage a generic device description, if a specific one is not available. The definitions in
Table 3 focus on catalog content that is vendor independent.
Table 3 – Catalog values for profile devices
Element Attribute Content
PackageType — Profile
Manufacturer — Empty
DeviceModel — Allowed profile identifier values (PROFILE_ID) are provided by
PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI). PI provides and
maintains a XML file (Profile_ID_Table) containing the assignment of
PROFILE_ID to profiles.
It is available at
The file can be downloaded by any engineering or service tool
whenever it's connected to the Internet.
NOTE  More information is provided in PI Order No.: 3.502 (I&M
Profile) and related profile definitions referred therein.

The string format shall be hexadecimal starting with 0x, e.g.
‘0x3D00’.
4.2.4 Protocol version information
IEC 62769-4 defines an element type named InterfaceT for the Catalog XML schema. The
element type InterfaceT contains an element named Version which is supposed to provide
version information about the applied communication protocol profile. The value has to follow
the IEC 62769-4 defined version information schema defined in the element type VersionT.
Table 4 describes how to apply the currently known protocol versions defined by the non-profit
consortium PROFIBUS & PROFINET International. The general rule is to apply the value “0” for
parts of the version information according to IEC 62769-4 that are not used in currently known
protocol versions.
Table 4 – Version mapping examples

Protocol / Version InterfaceT Version value

PROFINET Version 2.3 2.3.0
NOTE 1 This Table is just an example since this document cannot foresee how future protocol versions will
be defined.
NOTE 2 The currently known PROFINET protocol revision information provides major and minor version

information. Leading zeros are not considered in version value evaluation since only the actual decimal values
are relevant.
4.3 Associating a Package with a device
4.3.1 Device type identification mapping
The purpose of a device type identification mapping is to enable FDI host systems to compare
the scan result against the topology representation in the Information Model. FDI host systems
shall also be enabled to determine the FDI Device Package that fits for a device entry contained
in the scan result. This will enable the user of an FDI host system to synchronize the Information
Model with the actual installation.
The communication server implemented scan service (defined in 4.6.1.7) provides a scan result
through an XML document (schema defined in Annex A).
The Gateway implemented scan service (defined in 4.6.2.7) provides a scan result by means
of the Information Model that contains data structures created from EDD content as specified
in 4.6.2.7.
Common for both ways of presenting the scan result is that scan results contain device type
identification and device instance identification.
FDI host systems comparing the actual network topology configuration against the topology
representation in the Information Model shall be enabled to handle the following situations:
a) The physical Device instance identified at a specific device address is not logically present
in the Information model (as Instance): Enable the FDI Host system to find the appropriate
FDI Device package according to the device catalogue information.
b) The physical Device instance identified by the device address is logically present in the
Information Model (as Instance): Enable the FDI Host system to compare the device type
information presented in the scan result (see the identification in Clause A.5 and 4.6.2.7)
and the device type specific information of the Instance present in the Information Model.

The FDI Device package contains device type identification information that can be compared
to the scan result based on the Catalog Schema in IEC 62769-4 which defines the XML element
(simple) type “DeviceModel” and “Manufacturer”. Both types are used in (complex) element
types “Protocol” and “RegDeviceType”.
As a result of the FDI Package deployment the FDI Package information is then present in the
Information Model as specified FunctionalGroup Identification containing VendorID and
DeviceID (see 4.4.3).
The mapping between different device identification data sources is described in Table 5. Since
scan results provided by the Communication Server or Gateway can convey data that is
produced by the device (firmware) the device type identification mapping shall be supported by
providing corresponding data in the FDI Device Package contained Catalog and Information
Model.
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Table 5 – Device identification information mapping

FDI Device Package Information Model Communication Server Gateway provided scan

provided scan result result
Catalog specified type FunctionalGroup: Element (path): COLLECTION

Manufacturer Identification ConnectionPoint/Identification ConnectionPoint.
Browse Name: Attribute: Identification.VendorID

VendorID VendorID
Catalog specified type FunctionalGroup: Element (path): COLLECTION

DeviceModel Identification ConnectionPoint/Identification ConnectionPoint.

Browse Name: Attribute: Identification.DeviceID
DeviceID DeviceID
4.3.2 Device type revision mapping
IEC 62769-4 envisions a concept that allows determining the compatibility between an FDI
Device Package and a Device. IEC 62769-4 specifies a life cycle management process bearing
on a single version information provided for the entire device.
PROFINET IO related specifications, for example PI Order No.: 2.352:2011 (GSDML) and PI
Order No.: 3.502 (I&M), split the device revision into software and hardware related information.
These specifications do not outline any rules whether the GSD, GSDML or I&M specified
HARDWARE_REVISION is independent from SOFTWARE_REVISION.
The goal of 4.3.2 is to describe the translation rules between the PROFINET IO related
specifications describing their way of providing version information and the IEC 62769-4
specified way of containing version information that can be compared against the version read
from the device. The purpose is to determine compatibility between an FDI Device Package and
a Device (Figure 1 depicts the problem).

Figure 1 – Version mapping problem
The firmware of a device implements the data exchange interface which shall be described by
means of the FDI Device Package content (EDD). A device firmware that implements the GSD,
GSDML or I&M profile enables reading the values SOFTWARE_REVISION and
HARDWARE_REVISION. The access to these values shall be described in the FDI Device
Package contained EDD.
Firmware modifications that affect the firmware implemented data exchange interface shall be
reflected in the FDI Device Package. Such firmware and device description modification shall
be visible in the SOFTWARE_REVISION.
Hardware related modifications shall be captured in the HARDWARE_REVISION value.
Hardware related modifications do not necessarily require always a firmware update. Thus
HARDWARE_REVISION cannot be used to determine compatibility between a device and the

FDI Device Package. But if a hardware modification requires firmware modifications both

HARDWARE_REVISION and SOFTWARE_REVISION shall be changed.

IEC 62769-4 specifies the Catalog schema and an element DeviceVersion which is used in the

element type declaration ListOfSupportedDeviceVersions. The value of DeviceVersion shall be

compared to the device provided SOFTWARE_REVISION in order to determine the

compatibility between an FDI Device Package and a Device.

The data format for the SOFTWARE_REVISION is a string while the DeviceVersion expects

three numbers for major, minor, and revision. Therefore the following rules apply: If the string

has the format .. this is transferred to major, minor, and revision

(in the same order). references to simple integer number in the string such as ‘1’ or
‘12’, not to other representations such as hexadecimal format (e.g. 0x001A). If
. is provided, this is transferred to major and minor and ‘0’ is used for
revision. If only an is provided, this is transferred to major and ‘0’ is used for minor
and revision. A leading character or a leading character and whitespace shall be ignored. For
a string in any other format the revision number shall not be considered to select the correct
FDI package.
4.4 Information Model mapping
4.4.1 ProtocolType definition
This document refers to IEC 61158 specified protocols as these are relevant to support the
device management related use cases supported through FDI specifications. The scope is
limited to data transport from the Information Model to the device.
For example, the device address management is based on services specified in IEC 61158 (all
parts). But since the address management service is encapsulated by the IEC 62769-7
specified SetAddress service the details of IEC 61158 specified services do not need to be
known.
The protocol type Profinet_IO shall be used to identify the PROFINET IO communication. The
type Profinet_IO is a subtype of the abstract type ProtocolType (IEC 62541-100). Table 6
specifies the attributes and their values of the Protocol type Profinet_IO.
Table 6 – Protocol type Profinet_IO
Attribute Value
BrowseName Profinet_IO
IsAbstract False
References NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition ModellingRule
Subtype of the ProtocolType defined in IEC 62541-100.

4.4.2 DeviceType mapping
The properties mapping of the DeviceType node is defined in Table 7.

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Table 7 – DeviceType Property mapping

Property PROFINET Mapping
SerialNumber SERIAL_NUMBER (see Table 8)

RevisionCounter REV_COUNTER (see Table 8)

Manufacturer VendorID (see Table 8, GSDML “Attributes of element DeviceIdentity”)
String taken from FDI package catalog (ManufacturerName from PackageT)

Model DeviceID (see Table 8, GSDML “Attributes of element DeviceIdentity”)
String taken from FDI package catalog (Name of DeviceTypeT, which is a localized

name)
DeviceRevision Not supported
DeviceManual Not supported
SoftwareRevision SOFTWARE_REVISION (see Table 8)
HardwareRevision HARDWARE_REVISION (see Table 8)

4.4.3 FunctionalGroup identification definition
As defined in IEC 62541-100:2015, 5.3, each device representation in the FDI Server hosted
Information Model shall contain a protocol specific FunctionalGroup named Identification. The
Parameters of this FunctionalGroup are defined for PROFINET as follows:
Table 8 – PROFINET identification type definition
BrowseName DataType Mandatory/Optional
VendorD VendorID UInt16 Mandatory
DeviceID UInt16 Mandatory
ORDER_ID String Mandatory
SERIAL_NUMBER String Mandatory
HARDWARE_REVISION UInt16 Mandatory
SOFTWARE_REVISION String Mandatory
REV_COUNTER UInt16 Mandatory
PROFILE_ID UInt16 Mandatory
PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TYPE UInt16 Mandatory
IM_VERSION ByteString Mandatory
IM_SUPPORTED UInt16 Mandatory
The BaseDataVariable instances shall be created from VARIABLE declarations with identifiers
that correspond to the browse names listed in Table 8 except the attributes VendorID and
DeviceID. The related attribute values shall be taken from the GSD file (4.2.1). The element
names VendorID and DeviceID match with the attribute names defined in the GSDML
specification.
4.5 Topology elements
4.5.1 ConnectionPoint definition
In order to support different network topology engineering needs related to different protocol
layers used for PROFINET IO the ConnectionPoint type definitions follow the IEC 62769-7 given
recommendations about how to handle address information for protocol layers embedded in
PROFINET IO.
The ConnectionPoint type ConnectionPoint_Profinet_IO shall be used to parameterize

PROFINET IO network access points. The ConnectionPoint type Profinet_IO is a subtype of the

abstract type ConnectionPointType (IEC 62769-5). Table 9 specifies the allowed values of the

ConnectionPoint attributes for the protocol type Profinet_IO.

Table 9 – ConnectionPoint type for Profinet_IO

Attribute Value
BrowseName Profinet_IO
IsAbstract False
References NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition ModellingRule
Subtype of the ConnectionPointType defined in IEC 62541-100.
HasProperty Variable MAC Octet[6] PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable IPv4 Octet[4] PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable DNSNAME String PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable VALID Boolean PropertyType Mandatory

The ConnectionPoint type Profinet_IO shall be described by an EDD element contained in a
Communication Device related FDI Package that can drive a PROFINET IO network. Actual
ConnectionPoint properties are declared by VARIABLE constructs grouped together in a
COLLECTION named ConnectionPoint.
Variable MAC is an array of 6 bytes holding the MAC address. The value is a unique identifier
assigned to network interfaces that support IEEE Std 802.3 specified communication. The value
can only be read from the device for example during execution of the scan service.
Variable IPv4 is an array of 4 bytes holding the IP-Address.
NOTE 1 Formatting of an IP-Address results typically in a character string that consists of four “.” separated, 1.3-
digit decimal numbers (example 128.12.1.15). The EDDL specification according to IEC 61804-3 and IEC 61804-4
does not support formatting instructions for the OCTECT type. But since semantics of the VARIABLE definitions
made in this part of IEC 62769 are defined, it is assumed that system can render VARIABLE values accordingly.
Variable DNSNAME holds the station name. The station name syntax shall follow the Domain
Name System (DNS) related specifications.
NOTE 2 The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system that translates domain names meaningful
to humans into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and
addressing these devices. The specifications of the rules for forming domain names appear in IETF RFC 1035, IETF
RFC 1123 and IETF RFC 2181.
The Variable Valid indicates whether the stored address information is valid.
COMPONENT ConnectionPoint_PROFINET_IO
{
LABEL "PROFINET IO Connection point";
CAN_DELETE FALSE;
PROTOCOL PROFINET_IO;
}
VARIABLE MAC
{
LABEL "MAC address";
HELP "Unique network visible device identifier";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE OCTET(6);
HANDLING READ;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
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VARIABLE IPv4
{
LABEL "IP Address";
HELP "IP v4 address";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE OCTET(4);
HANDLING READ & WRITE;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
VARIABLE DNS_Name
{
LABEL "DNS Name";
HELP "Station name";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE BITSTRING(256);
HANDLING READ & WRITE;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
COLLECTION ConnectionPoint
{
LABEL "PROFINET Connection Point data";
MEMBERS
{
CONNECTION_POINT_MAC, MAC;
CONNECTION_POINT_IPV4, IPv4;
CONNECTION_POINT_DNS_NAME, DNS_Name;
}
}
4.5.2 Communication Device definition
According to IEC 62769-7 each FDI Communication Package shall contain an EDD element
describing the device. The following EDDL source code is an example describing a
Communication Server.
COMPONENT PROFINET_Communication_Server
{
LABEL "PROFINET communication server";
PRODUCT_URI "urn:PROFIBUS International: PROFINET Communication Server";
CAN_DELETE TRUE;
CLASSIFICATION NETWORK_COMPONENT;
COMPONENT_RELATIONS
{
PROFINET_Communication_Device_Setup
}
}
COMPONENT_RELATION PROFINET_Communication_Device_Setup
{
LABEL "Relation between Device and communication device";
RELATION_TYPE CHILD_COMPONENT;
COMPONENTS
{
PROFINET_Communication_Device{AUTO_CREATE 1;}
}
MINIMUM_NUMBER 1;
MAXIMUM_NUMBER 2;
}
According to IEC 62769-7, each FDI Communication Package shall contain at least one EDD
element describing at least one communication device component. The following EDDL source
code example shows how to describe a PROFINET IO communication device:
COMPONENT PROFINET_Communication_ServerDevice
{
LABEL "PROFINET communication server device";
...

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 7
3.3 Conventions . 7
3.3.1 EDDL syntax. 7
3.3.2 XML syntax . 7
3.3.3 Capitalizations . 7
4 Profile for PROFINET . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Catalog profile . 8
4.2.1 Protocol support file . 8
4.2.2 CommunicationProfile definition . 9
4.2.3 Profile device . 9
4.2.4 Protocol version information . 9
4.3 Associating a Package with a device . 10
4.3.1 Device type identification mapping . 10
4.3.2 Device type revision mapping . 11
4.4 Information Model mapping . 12
4.4.1 ProtocolType definition . 12
4.4.2 DeviceType mapping . 12
4.4.3 FunctionalGroup identification definition . 13
4.5 Topology elements . 13
4.5.1 ConnectionPoint definition . 13
4.5.2 Communication Device definition . 15
4.5.3 Communication service provider definition . 16
4.5.4 Network definition . 17
4.6 Methods . 17
4.6.1 Methods for FDI Communication Servers . 17
4.6.2 Methods for Gateways . 21
Annex A (normative) Topology scan schema . 28
A.1 General . 28
A.2 Network . 28
A.3 ProfinetNetworkT . 28
A.4 ProfinetConnectionPointT . 28
A.5 ProfinetIdentificationT . 29
A.6 MACT . 30
A.7 IPv4T . 30
A.8 IPv6T . 30
A.9 DNSNameT . 30
A.10 Hex4DigitT . 30
Annex B (normative) Transfer service parameters . 31
B.1 General . 31
B.2 sendData . 31

B.3 receiveData . 31
B.4 TransferSendDataT . 31
B.5 TransferResultDataT . 32
B.6 OperationT . 32
Bibliography . 33

Figure 1 – Version mapping problem . 11

Table 1 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Device Packages . 8
Table 2 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages . 9
Table 3 – Catalog values for profile devices . 9
Table 4 – Version mapping examples . 10
Table 5 – Device identification information mapping . 11
Table 6 – Protocol type Profinet_IO . 12
Table 7 – DeviceType Property mapping . 13
Table 8 – PROFINET identification type definition . 13
Table 9 – ConnectionPoint type for Profinet_IO . 14
Table 10 – Method Connect arguments . 18
Table 11 – Method Disconnect arguments . 18
Table 12 – Method Transfer arguments . 19
Table 13 – Method SetAddress arguments . 20
Table 14 – Method Connect arguments . 22
Table 15 – Method Transfer arguments . 23
Table 16 – Method SetAddress arguments . 25
Table A.1 – Elements of ProfinetNetworkT . 28
Table A.2 – Attributes of ProfinetConnectionPointT . 29
Table A.3 – Elements of ProfinetConnectionPointT . 29
Table A.4 – Attributes of ProfinetIdentificationT . 29
Table B.1 – Attributes of TransferSendDataT . 32
Table B.2 – Attributes of TransferResultDataT . 32

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International Standard IEC 62769-103-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and
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This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) support for generic protocol extension for faster adoption of other technologies;
b) support for Package Developers to build EDDs targeted for today’s EDD bases system under
a single development tool.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
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1 Scope
This part of IEC 62769 specifies an FDI profile of IEC 62769 for IEC 61784-2_CP 3/4,
IEC 61784-2_CP3/5 and IEC 61784-2_CP3/6 (PROFINET ).
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 61158-5-10, Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-10:
Application layer service definition - Type 10 elements
IEC 61784-2, Industrial communication networks - Profiles - Part 2: Additional fieldbus profiles
for real-time networks based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3
IEC 61804 (all parts), Function blocks (FB) for process control and Electronic Device
Description Language (EDDL)
IEC 62541-100:2015, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 100: Device Interface
IEC 62769-2, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 2: FDI Client
IEC 62769-4, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 4: FDI Packages
IEC 62769-5, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 5: FDI Information Model
IEC 62769-6, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 6: FDI Technology Mapping
IEC 62769-7, Field Device Integration (FDI) - Part 7: FDI Communication Devices
PI Order No.: 2.122:2008, Specification for PROFIBUS – Device Description and Device
Integration – Volume 1: GSD, V5.1, July 2008: GSD; available at
PI Order No.: 2.352:2014, GSDML Specification for PROFINET IO; available at

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1 PROFINET is the trade name of the non-profit consortium PROFIBUS & PROFINET International. This information
is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by IEC of the
trademark holder or any of its products. Compliance does not require use of the trade name. Use of the trade
name requires permission of the trade name holder.

3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 61158-5-10,
IEC 61784-2, IEC 61804 (all parts), IEC 62541-100, IEC 62769-2, IEC 62769-4, IEC 62769-5,
IEC 62769-6, IEC 62769-7 and PI Order No.: 2.352:2014 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
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3.2 Abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviated terms and acronyms apply:
DCP Discovery and basic configuration protocol (according to IEC 61158-5-10)
DNS Domain name system
EDD Electronic Device Description
EDDL Electronic Device Description Language (see IEC 61804)
GSD General station description (see PI Order No.: 2.122:2008)
GSDML GSD markup language (see PI Order No.: 2.352:2014)
IP Internet protocol (IETF RFC 791)
UIP User Interface plug-in
UUID Universal unique identifier (see ISO/IEC 11578)
XML Extensible markup language (see REC-xml-20081126)
3.3 Conventions
3.3.1 EDDL syntax
This part of IEC 62769 specifies content for the EDD component that is part of FDI
Communication Packages. The specification content using EDDL syntax uses the font Courier
New. The EDDL syntax is used for method signature, variable, data structure and component
declarations.
3.3.2 XML syntax
XML syntax examples use the font Courier New. The XML syntax is used to describe XML
document schema.
Example:
3.3.3 Capitalizations
IEC 62769 (all parts) uses capitalized terms to emphasize that these terms have an FDI specific
meaning.
Some of these terms using an acronym as a prefix for example
• FDI Client, or
• FDI Server.
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Some of these terms are compound terms such as:
• Communication Servers, or
• Profile for Package.
Parameter names or attributes are concatenated to a single term, where the original terms
starting in this term with a capital letter such as:
• ProtocolSupportFile, or
• ProtocolType.
Parameter names or attributes can also be constructed by using an underscore character to
concatenate two or more terms such as:
• PROFILE_ID, or
• Profinet_PA_Network.
4 Profile for PROFINET
4.1 General
This profile document to the FDI specification in IEC 62769 specifies the protocol specifics
needed for FDI Packages describing Communication Servers, Gateways and Devices.
For Communication Servers this document defines also protocol specifics as these need to be
considered in the Communication Servers hosted Information Model.
4.2 Catalog profile
4.2.1 Protocol support file
4.2.1.1 FDI Device Package
A GSD file is a mandatory Attachment for FDI Device Packages representing PROFINET IO
devices.
Protocol specific attachments are mentioned in the Package Catalog as defined in
IEC 62769-5. A communication feature list mark-up language (GSDML) file according to PI
Order No.: 2.352:2014 is a mandatory attachment for FDI Device Packages representing
PROFINET devices. Table 1 specifies the parameters of ProtocolSupportFile in the FDI Device
Package.
Table 1 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Device Packages
Parameter Description
Content Type text/xml
Root Namespace Empty
Source Relationship http://fdi-cooperation.com/2010/relationship/attachment-protocol
Filename According to PI Order No.: 2.352:2014

4.2.1.2 FDI Communication Package
A GSDML file as specified in ISO 15745 4:2003/AMD1:2006, is an optional attachment for FDI
Communication Packages representing PROFINET IO devices. Table 2 specifies the
parameters of ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages.

Table 2 – ProtocolSupportFile for FDI Communication Packages
Parameter Description
Content Type text/xml
Root Namespace Empty
Source Relationship http://fdi-cooperation.com/2010/relationship/attachment-protocol
Filename According to PI Order No.: 2.352:2014

4.2.2 CommunicationProfile definition
IEC 62769-4 defines a CommunicationProfileT string for the Catalog XML schema. The
PROFINET specific value shall be "profinet_io".
4.2.3 Profile device
A Profile Package shall provide the catalog values for profile devices, enabling the FDI Server
to leverage a generic device description, if a specific one is not available. The definitions in
Table 3 focus on catalog content that is vendor independent.
Table 3 – Catalog values for profile devices
Element Attribute Content
PackageType — Profile
Manufacturer — Empty
DeviceModel — Allowed profile identifier values (PROFILE_ID) are provided by
PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI). PI provides and
maintains a XML file (Profile_ID_Table) containing the assignment of
PROFILE_ID to profiles.
It is available at
The file can be downloaded by any engineering or service tool
whenever it's connected to the Internet.
NOTE  More information is provided in PI Order No.: 3.502 (I&M
Profile) and related profile definitions referred therein.
The string format shall be hexadecimal starting with 0x, e.g.
‘0x3D00’.
4.2.4 Protocol version information
IEC 62769-4 defines an element type named InterfaceT for the Catalog XML schema. The
element type InterfaceT contains an element named Version which is supposed to provide
version information about the applied communication protocol profile. The value has to follow
the IEC 62769-4 defined version information schema defined in the element type VersionT.
Table 4 describes how to apply the currently known protocol versions defined by the non-profit
consortium PROFIBUS & PROFINET International. The general rule is to apply the value “0” for
parts of the version information according to IEC 62769-4 that are not used in currently known
protocol versions.
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Table 4 – Version mapping examples
Protocol / Version InterfaceT Version value
PROFINET Version 2.3 2.3.0
NOTE 1 This Table is just an example since this document cannot foresee how future protocol versions will
be defined.
NOTE 2 The currently known PROFINET protocol revision information provides major and minor version
information. Leading zeros are not considered in version value evaluation since only the actual decimal values
are relevant.
4.3 Associating a Package with a device
4.3.1 Device type identification mapping
The purpose of a device type identification mapping is to enable FDI host systems to compare
the scan result against the topology representation in the Information Model. FDI host systems
shall also be enabled to determine the FDI Device Package that fits for a device entry contained
in the scan result. This will enable the user of an FDI host system to synchronize the Information
Model with the actual installation.
The communication server implemented scan service (defined in 4.6.1.7) provides a scan result
through an XML document (schema defined in Annex A).
The Gateway implemented scan service (defined in 4.6.2.7) provides a scan result by means
of the Information Model that contains data structures created from EDD content as specified
in 4.6.2.7.
Common for both ways of presenting the scan result is that scan results contain device type
identification and device instance identification.
FDI host systems comparing the actual network topology configuration against the topology
representation in the Information Model shall be enabled to handle the following situations:
a) The physical Device instance identified at a specific device address is not logically present
in the Information model (as Instance): Enable the FDI Host system to find the appropriate
FDI Device package according to the device catalogue information.
b) The physical Device instance identified by the device address is logically present in the
Information Model (as Instance): Enable the FDI Host system to compare the device type
information presented in the scan result (see the identification in Clause A.5 and 4.6.2.7)
and the device type specific information of the Instance present in the Information Model.
The FDI Device package contains device type identification information that can be compared
to the scan result based on the Catalog Schema in IEC 62769-4 which defines the XML element
(simple) type “DeviceModel” and “Manufacturer”. Both types are used in (complex) element
types “Protocol” and “RegDeviceType”.
As a result of the FDI Package deployment the FDI Package information is then present in the
Information Model as specified FunctionalGroup Identification containing VendorID and
DeviceID (see 4.4.3).
The mapping between different device identification data sources is described in Table 5. Since
scan results provided by the Communication Server or Gateway can convey data that is
produced by the device (firmware) the device type identification mapping shall be supported by
providing corresponding data in the FDI Device Package contained Catalog and Information
Model.
Table 5 – Device identification information mapping
FDI Device Package Information Model Communication Server Gateway provided scan
provided scan result result
Catalog specified type FunctionalGroup: Element (path): COLLECTION
Manufacturer Identification ConnectionPoint/Identification ConnectionPoint.
Browse Name: Attribute: Identification.VendorID
VendorID VendorID
Catalog specified type FunctionalGroup: Element (path): COLLECTION
DeviceModel Identification ConnectionPoint/Identification ConnectionPoint.
Browse Name: Attribute: Identification.DeviceID
DeviceID DeviceID
4.3.2 Device type revision mapping
IEC 62769-4 envisions a concept that allows determining the compatibility between an FDI
Device Package and a Device. IEC 62769-4 specifies a life cycle management process bearing
on a single version information provided for the entire device.
PROFINET IO related specifications, for example PI Order No.: 2.352:2011 (GSDML) and PI
Order No.: 3.502 (I&M), split the device revision into software and hardware related information.
These specifications do not outline any rules whether the GSD, GSDML or I&M specified
HARDWARE_REVISION is independent from SOFTWARE_REVISION.
The goal of 4.3.2 is to describe the translation rules between the PROFINET IO related
specifications describing their way of providing version information and the IEC 62769-4
specified way of containing version information that can be compared against the version read
from the device. The purpose is to determine compatibility between an FDI Device Package and
a Device (Figure 1 depicts the problem).

Figure 1 – Version mapping problem
The firmware of a device implements the data exchange interface which shall be described by
means of the FDI Device Package content (EDD). A device firmware that implements the GSD,
GSDML or I&M profile enables reading the values SOFTWARE_REVISION and
HARDWARE_REVISION. The access to these values shall be described in the FDI Device
Package contained EDD.
Firmware modifications that affect the firmware implemented data exchange interface shall be
reflected in the FDI Device Package. Such firmware and device description modification shall
be visible in the SOFTWARE_REVISION.
Hardware related modifications shall be captured in the HARDWARE_REVISION value.
Hardware related modifications do not necessarily require always a firmware update. Thus
HARDWARE_REVISION cannot be used to determine compatibility between a device and the

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FDI Device Package. But if a hardware modification requires firmware modifications both
HARDWARE_REVISION and SOFTWARE_REVISION shall be changed.
IEC 62769-4 specifies the Catalog schema and an element DeviceVersion which is used in the
element type declaration ListOfSupportedDeviceVersions. The value of DeviceVersion shall be
compared to the device provided SOFTWARE_REVISION in order to determine the
compatibility between an FDI Device Package and a Device.
The data format for the SOFTWARE_REVISION is a string while the DeviceVersion expects
three numbers for major, minor, and revision. Therefore the following rules apply: If the string
has the format .. this is transferred to major, minor, and revision
(in the same order). references to simple integer number in the string such as ‘1’ or
‘12’, not to other representations such as hexadecimal format (e.g. 0x001A). If
. is provided, this is transferred to major and minor and ‘0’ is used for
revision. If only an is provided, this is transferred to major and ‘0’ is used for minor
and revision. A leading character or a leading character and whitespace shall be ignored. For
a string in any other format the revision number shall not be considered to select the correct
FDI package.
4.4 Information Model mapping
4.4.1 ProtocolType definition
This document refers to IEC 61158 specified protocols as these are relevant to support the
device management related use cases supported through FDI specifications. The scope is
limited to data transport from the Information Model to the device.
For example, the device address management is based on services specified in IEC 61158 (all
parts). But since the address management service is encapsulated by the IEC 62769-7
specified SetAddress service the details of IEC 61158 specified services do not need to be
known.
The protocol type Profinet_IO shall be used to identify the PROFINET IO communication. The
type Profinet_IO is a subtype of the abstract type ProtocolType (IEC 62541-100). Table 6
specifies the attributes and their values of the Protocol type Profinet_IO.
Table 6 – Protocol type Profinet_IO
Attribute Value
BrowseName Profinet_IO
IsAbstract False
References NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition ModellingRule
Subtype of the ProtocolType defined in IEC 62541-100.

4.4.2 DeviceType mapping
The properties mapping of the DeviceType node is defined in Table 7.

Table 7 – DeviceType Property mapping
Property PROFINET Mapping
SerialNumber SERIAL_NUMBER (see Table 8)
RevisionCounter REV_COUNTER (see Table 8)
Manufacturer String taken from FDI package catalog (ManufacturerName from PackageT)
Model String taken from FDI package catalog (Name of DeviceTypeT, which is a localized
name)
DeviceRevision Not supported
DeviceManual Not supported
SoftwareRevision SOFTWARE_REVISION (see Table 8)
HardwareRevision HARDWARE_REVISION (see Table 8)

4.4.3 FunctionalGroup identification definition
As defined in IEC 62541-100:2015, 5.3, each device representation in the FDI Server hosted
Information Model shall contain a protocol specific FunctionalGroup named Identification. The
Parameters of this FunctionalGroup are defined for PROFINET as follows:
Table 8 – PROFINET identification type definition
BrowseName DataType Mandatory/Optional
VendorID UInt16 Mandatory
DeviceID UInt16 Mandatory
ORDER_ID String Mandatory
SERIAL_NUMBER String Mandatory
HARDWARE_REVISION UInt16 Mandatory
SOFTWARE_REVISION String Mandatory
REV_COUNTER UInt16 Mandatory
PROFILE_ID UInt16 Mandatory
PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TYPE UInt16 Mandatory
IM_VERSION ByteString Mandatory
IM_SUPPORTED UInt16 Mandatory
The BaseDataVariable instances shall be created from VARIABLE declarations with identifiers
that correspond to the browse names listed in Table 8 except the attributes VendorID and
DeviceID. The related attribute values shall be taken from the GSD file (4.2.1). The element
names VendorID and DeviceID match with the attribute names defined in the GSDML
specification.
4.5 Topology elements
4.5.1 ConnectionPoint definition
In order to support different network topology engineering needs related to different protocol
layers used for PROFINET IO the ConnectionPoint type definitions follow the IEC 62769-7 given
recommendations about how to handle address information for protocol layers embedded in
PROFINET IO.
The ConnectionPoint type ConnectionPoint_Profinet_IO shall be used to parameterize
PROFINET IO network access points. The ConnectionPoint type Profinet_IO is a subtype of the

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abstract type ConnectionPointType (IEC 62769-5). Table 9 specifies the allowed values of the
ConnectionPoint attributes for the protocol type Profinet_IO.
Table 9 – ConnectionPoint type for Profinet_IO
Attribute Value
BrowseName Profinet_IO
IsAbstract False
References NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition ModellingRule
Subtype of the ConnectionPointType defined in IEC 62541-100.
HasProperty Variable MAC Octet[6] PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable IPv4 Octet[4] PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable DNSNAME String PropertyType Mandatory
HasProperty Variable VALID Boolean PropertyType Mandatory

The ConnectionPoint type Profinet_IO shall be described by an EDD element contained in a
Communication Device related FDI Package that can drive a PROFINET IO network. Actual
ConnectionPoint properties are declared by VARIABLE constructs grouped together in a
COLLECTION named ConnectionPoint.
Variable MAC is an array of 6 bytes holding the MAC address. The value is a unique identifier
assigned to network interfaces that support IEEE 802.3 specified communication. The value
can only be read from the device for example during execution of the scan service.
Variable IPv4 is an array of 4 bytes holding the IP-Address.
NOTE 1 Formatting of an IP-Address results typically in a character string that consists of four “.” separated, 1.3-
digit decimal numbers (example 128.12.1.15). The EDDL specification according to IEC 61804-3 and IEC 61804-4
does not support formatting instructions for the OCTECT type. But since semantics of the VARIABLE definitions
made in this part of IEC 62769 are defined, it is assumed that system can render VARIABLE values accordingly.
Variable DNSNAME holds the station name. The station name syntax shall follow the Domain
Name System (DNS) related specifications.
NOTE 2 The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system that translates domain names meaningful
to humans into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and
addressing these devices. The specifications of the rules for forming domain names appear in IETF RFC 1035, IETF
RFC 1123 and IETF RFC 2181.
The Variable Valid indicates whether the stored address information is valid.
COMPONENT ConnectionPoint_PROFINET_IO
{
LABEL "PROFINET IO Connection point";
CAN_DELETE FALSE;
PROTOCOL PROFINET;
}
VARIABLE MAC
{
LABEL "MAC address";
HELP "Unique network visible device identifier";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE OCTET(6);
HANDLING READ;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
VARIABLE IPv4
{
LABEL "IP Address";
HELP "IP v4 address";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE OCTET(4);
HANDLING READ & WRITE;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
VARIABLE DNS_Name
{
LABEL "DNS Name";
HELP "Station name";
CLASS DEVICE;
TYPE BITSTRING(256);
HANDLING READ & WRITE;
CLASS LOCAL;
}
COLLECTION ConnectionPoint
{
LABEL "PROFINET Connection Point data";
MEMBERS
{
CONNECTION_POINT_MAC, MAC;
CONNECTION_POINT_IPV4, IPv4;
CONNECTION_POINT_DNS_NAME, DNS_Name;
}
}
4.5.2 Communication Device definition
According to IEC 62769-7 each FDI Communication Package shall contain an EDD element
describing the device. The following EDDL source code is an example describing a
Communication Server.
COMPONENT PROFINET_Communication_Server
{
LABEL "PROFINET communication server";
PRODUCT_URI "urn:PROFIBUS International: PROFINET Communication Server";
CAN_DELETE TRUE;
CLASSIFICATION NETWORK_COMPONENT;
COMPONENT_RELATIONS
{
PROFINET_Communication_Device_Setup
}
}
COMPONENT_RELATION PROFINET_Communication_Device_Setup
{
LABEL "Relation between Device and communication device";
RELATION_TYPE CHILD_COMPONENT;
COMPONENTS
{
PROFINET_Communication_Device{AUTO_CREATE 1;}
}
MINIMUM_NUMBER 1;
MAXIMUM_NUMBER 2;
}
According to IEC 62769-7, each FDI Communication Package shall contain at least one EDD
element describing at least one communication device component. The following EDDL source
code example shows how to describe a PROFINET IO communication device:
COMPONENT PROFINET_Communication_Device
{
LABEL "PROFINET communication device";
CAN_DELETE TRUE;
CLASSIFICATION NETWORK_COMPONENT;
COMPONENT_RELATIONS
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{
Profinet_Service_Provider_Relation
}
}
COMPONENT_RELATION Profinet_Service_Provider_Relation
{
LABEL " Relation to communication service provider ";
RELATION_TYPE CHILD_COMPONENT;
COMPONENTS
{
PROFINET_Service_Provider{AUTO_CREATE 1;}
}
MINIMUM_NUMBER 1;
MAXIMUM_NUMBER 2;
}
In an actual communication device, the value “Profinet_Service_Provider” needs to be adapted
according to the identifier of the COMPONENT declaration that describes the communication
service provider.
4.5.3 Communication service provider definition
According to IEC 62769-7, each FDI Communication Package
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