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    The document provides an overview of IO-Link, which is a standardised IO technology for communication with sensors and actuators below the I/O level. It allows for point-to-point communication using existing 3-wire connections without additional cabling requirements. IO-Link provides benefits like faster commissioning, access to diagnostic data, and dynamic changing of device parameters during operation. It can integrate with PROFINET and uses Masters, IO-Link devices, and IODD files for device configuration. IO-Link supports various transmission speeds and cycle times and can operate in standard IO mode or IO-Link mode. Configuration is done through tools like Siemens' PCT tool accessed via TIA Portal.

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    The document provides an overview of IO-Link, which is a standardised IO technology for communication with sensors and actuators below the I/O level. It allows for point-to-point communication using existing 3-wire connections without additional cabling requirements. IO-Link provides benefits like faster commissioning, access to diagnostic data, and dynamic changing of device parameters during operation. It can integrate with PROFINET and uses Masters, IO-Link devices, and IODD files for device configuration. IO-Link supports various transmission speeds and cycle times and can operate in standard IO mode or IO-Link mode. Configuration is done through tools like Siemens' PCT tool accessed via TIA Portal.

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    Peter Thomas

    (Control Specialists Ltd)


    An Introduction to

    Chairman of the
    PROFINET & PROFIBUS
    International Training Centres
    (PITCs)

    February 2016

    IO-Link What is it?


    2

    IO-Link is the first standardised IO technology worldwide (IEC 61131-9) for


    the communication with sensors and also actuators.
    It is typically used in an automation environment below the I/O level for
    individual linking of field devices
    It uses point-to-point communication based on the long established 3-wire
    sensor and actuator connection without additional requirements regarding
    cabling.
    IO-Link is not a fieldbus, nor is it a replacement for AS-i. It is however
    evidence of the further development of the existing, tried-and-
    tested connection technology for sensors and actuators.
    Since 2010, IO-Link has been incorporated within the PROFIBUS &
    PROFINET User Organisation (PNO)
    IO-Link Benefits
    3

    IEC 61131-9 compliance means that IO-Link devices can be integrated using
    the same methods used to integrate PROFIBUS and PROFINET devices.
    Simple, standardised wiring and significantly reduced variety of interfaces
    for sensors and actuators.
    Standardised interface for the configuration of all IO-Link devices
    irrespective of their complexity.
    Faster commissioning.
    Access to diagnostic data and device information as well as process data.
    Sensors with and without an IO-Link interface can operate together via the
    same IO-Link Master.
    Dynamic changing of device parameters by PLC (or HMI) during normal plant
    operation.

    IO-Link and AS-i


    4

    IO-Link should be considered as a supplement system for intelligent wiring


    systems like AS-Interface and not a replacement.
    Unlike AS-i, IO-Link is based on conventional point-to-point wiring
    IO-Link is directly integrated in the sensor, requires no special cables,
    requires no sensor addressing and has no station limitation.
    IO-Link is the natural choice for organisations wishing to follow an
    Industrie 4.0 philosophy.
    IO-Link cannot be used in safety-critical applications at the moment.
    IO-Link Main Components - Masters
    5

    IO-Link Masters
    Provide the gateway between IO-Link device and the
    higher-level communication system such as PROFINET
    or a device-specific backplane bus.

    IO-Link Main Components IO-Link Devices


    6

    IO-Link Devices
    These are the communication-capable field devices
    such as sensors, relays, valve actuators, RFID devices,
    signal lamps etc.

    Proximity Detector Fibre-Optic Sensor

    Valve Manifold

    Contactor Light-Grids
    IO-Link Main Components IODD Files
    7

    IODD (IO-Link Device Description)


    files are XML files that define all the
    properties of a given device.
    They perform a similar function to
    GSDML files in PROFINET and GSD
    files in PROFIBUS.
    IODD files are created by the IO-Link
    device manufacturer and are specific
    to a given device.
    IODD files are usually read by the IO-
    Link device configuration software and
    are not usually viewed in an XML
    viewer like this example.
    You should always go to the web site of
    the IO-Link device manufacturer for
    the correct IODD file for your device.

    IO-Link Main Components Cabling & Connectors


    8

    Cabling
    To connect an IO-Link to device to a single port on an IO-Link Master, IO-Link
    only requires standard, un-shielded 3-core cable together with one of two types
    (4-pin or 5-pin) of A-coded M8 or M12 connectors. Generally. Sensors use 4-pin,
    Actuators and Masters use 5-pin.

    Type A Connector Type B Connector


    (Pins 2 & 5 are optional) (Pins 2 & 5 for additional power)
    IO-Link PROFINET to IO-Link Interconnection (Eg.1)
    9

    Standard 3-wire sensor IODD File

    IODD File

    Max cable length of 20m


    Only ONE device per port

    GSDML File

    PROFINET IO Controller (PLC)

    IO-Link PROFINET to IO-Link Interconnection (E.g 2)


    10

    IO-Link Master IODD File

    IODD File

    Up to four
    3-wire Sensors

    IODD File

    GSDML File

    Max cable length of 20m


    PROFINET IO Controller (PLC) IO-Link HUB
    IO-Link Transmission Speed
    11

    Transmission Speed
    IO-Link supports three transmission
    speeds known as COM-1, COM2 and COM-3

    COM-1: 4.8 Kbit/s


    COM-2: 38.4 Kbits/s
    COM-3: 230.4 Kbits/s *

    An IO-Device only has to support one of


    the three transmission rates, IO-Masters
    must support all 3.

    * Note COM-3 only became part of the


    IO-Link specification in Version 1.1

    IO-Link Cycle Time


    12

    Cycle Time

    The rate at which an IO-Link master polls a


    given IO-Link device is known as the cycle
    time. The cycle time of every IO-Link device
    can be set independently from each other.

    Every IO-Link device has a MINIMUM CYCLE


    TIME defined in the IODD file of the device
    in mS * 1000 as minCycleTime.

    The Master must NOT poll a device faster


    than the minCycleTime value of that device.
    The cycle time is also affected by the cycle
    time between the CPU of the PLC and the IO-
    Link master.

    A typical cycle time of 2.3mS can be achieved


    at 38.4 Kbit/s.
    IO-Link Modes of Operation
    13

    Modes of Operation

    IO-Link devices can operate in one of two


    modes, Standard IO (SIO) mode and
    SDCI (or IO-Link) mode.

    In SIO mode, pin 4 of the IO-Link device


    acts as a conventional digital input or
    digital output.

    In IO-Link mode, pin 4 of the IO-Link


    device is used for transmission of IO-Link,
    device-related data.

    IO-Link Configuration
    14

    IO-Link Master Configuration


    The IO-Link master appears as an IO Device on a PROFINET network. By definition,
    IO-Link masters must have a GSDML file. GSDML files contain a description of the
    communication properties and other properties of the IO-Link master, such as the
    number of ports.

    IO-Link Device Configuration


    An IO-Link Master GSDML file will not contain any device-related information about
    the IO-Link devices connected to the ports of the Master. This aspect of the
    configuration will be performed by an IO-Link configuration tool which will require
    IO-Link device description (IODD) files for each device that will be connected to the
    ports of the master.

    If you are a Siemens user, the configuration tool is called PCT (Port Configuration
    Tool) which can be launched from within the TIA portal programming environment
    IO-Link Configuration Siemens TIA Portal
    15

    IO-Link Masters

    IO-Link Configuration Siemens TIA Portal


    16

    Click to Start IO-Link Port Configuration Tool (PCT)


    IO-Link Configuration Siemens PCT Tool
    17

    IO-Link Configuration Siemens PCT Tool


    18
    IO-Link Configuration FDT Tools
    19

    It is also possible to configure IO-Link devices outside of the programming environment using an
    FDT (Field Device Tool) application like PACTware. Instead of an IODD file, you will need a
    CommDTM file for the IO-Link Master and a DTM file for the IO-Link Device,

    Device

    Master
    Comm DTM

    USB

    DTM

    3-wire IO-Link connection

    IO-Link Configuration PACTWare


    20

    CommDTM

    DTM
    Demonstration
    21

    IO-Link Analyzers
    22
    IO-Link Analysers allow you to monitor the IO-Link telegrams passing between an IO-Link Master
    and an IO-Link device.
    IO-Link Analyzers
    23

    PROFINET Questions?

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