ProfiTrace 2 Ultra Plus – PROFIBUS DP Tester

ProfiTrace is an essential tool for maintenance and troubleshooting and is currently the most powerful mobile analyzer for PROFIBUS networks. Thousands of users benefit daily from this tool.

ProfiTrace is easy to use and unites all required elements in one to detect several PROFIBUS faults. The following tools are combined to create one simple solution:

• Bus monitor
• Oscilloscope
• Bar graph
• Topology scan
• Reporting
• DP Master

This outstanding and portable tool boosts the capabilities of service, maintenance and engineering technicians. You can check and troubleshoot the complete PROFIBUS network with simply one software package and one piece of hardware (ProfiCore™ Ultra). This is an enormous reduction in equipment, weight, costs and required knowledge.

Typical failures such as noise, reflections, voltage drops, termination problems, double addresses, wire breaks and configuration faults are easily identified.

The results can be exported to detailed reports. Predictive maintenance and asset management are simple with ProfiTrace.

Product features

• Busmonitor for DP and PA with powerful statistics
• Oscilloscope - ScopeWare
• Bar graph
• Topology scan
• Reporting
• 3-Color network condition indicator
• DP master - ProfiCaptain
• ProfiCore Ultra USB interface
• OPC server and CommDTM
• Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 platforms
• Multi language user interface
• Ambient conditions: isolation class: IP 20 (DIN 40 050)
• Works with ProfiTrace V2.2.1 and higher

Application areas

• Troubleshooting & maintenance of PROFIBUS networks
• Commissioning of PROFIBUS networks
• PROFIBUS product testing and verification
• Passive cable testing
• I/O testing of PROFIBUS devices
• Setting up and diagnose PROFIBUS devices
• Address setting of PROFIBUS devices
• Interface for bus statistics and device I/O to external apps
• Education

Measuring

Live List

"Colors make it easy….."

The Live List is a matrix that continuously lists all the available devices. It is directly visible which devices are ‘troublemakers’. With different background colours the status of the devices is displayed;

• Green: Device is in Data Exchange
• Yellow: Device is lost
• Red: Parameter fault
• Purple: Configuration fault
• No colour: Not in Data Exchange

Statistics matrix and network condition indicator

"Click and go….."

The statistics matrix and network condition indicator are the most powerful features of ProfiTrace. These fields can really tell what the condition of the installation is without doing difficult operations.

• Retry messages
• Bus cycle time
• Diagnostic messages
• Message recording

Message recording

"The absolute truth....."

When the user records messages, he has a perfect visual representation on the screen;

• FDL, DP, DP-V1, DP-V2, PA and I&M telegrams
• Messages can be filtered and stored
• Data interpretation of bits, bytes, words
• Error detection
• Bookmarks

ScopeWare (DP)

"The easiest oscilloscope ever....."

With the built in oscilloscope we can detect; noise, reflections, termination problems.....

• Differential and single ended measurements
• Time scale: 50 ns to 500 ms
• Voltage scale: 0.5 to 5 V per DIV
• Multiple trigger settings
• Bit interpretation engine

ScopeWare (PA)

All features of ScopeWare DP

• Max. 33 VDC
• Max. 1.2 Vtt AC
• AC and DC can be displayed simultaneously
• Detects missing termination
• PA Probe Ultra is required

Bar graph

"The bar graph is a helpful utility to get an impression of the overall signal quality of the network."

• Selectable types and modes
• Signal quality in color
• Sorted on address or Voltage
• Continuously updated

Scanning, Reporting and Solutions

Topology scan

• 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 and active networks
• Topology Scan

Reporting

"We have proof….."

The reporting feature creates a detailed report that contains the signals of all devices, their faults, the network topology, bar graph and administrative information.

• Generation of a detailed network report
• Summary of detected errors
• Standard layout for signatures and approvals
• Import of company logo
• ProfiTrace Reporting

ProfiCaptain - DP Master

"Test and control your devices....."

• Complete integration of ProfiCaptain
• Putting slaves in Data Exchange
• I/O control with automatic patterns
• Automatic detection of busparameters
• Brand new concept of 'stealing' slaves
• Class 2 functions in a Class 1 framework
• No shutdowns when updating the configuration
• Deactivating slaves in the configuration
• Master in ProfiTrace

ProfiCore™ Ultra

• ProfiCore Ultra USB Interface12 Mbps (all baudrates)
• Galvanic isolated PROFIBUS interface
• Latest RS 485 technology
• High-speed USB 2.0 interface
• External power supply possible if required

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