The object DeviceProfileIdentifier of the type PowerlinkDeviceProfileType is a placeholder for the device- or vendor-specific part of the POWERLINK Object Dictionary.

The PowerlinkDeviceProfileType is formally defined in Table 19.

Table 19 – PowerlinkDeviceProfileType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

PowerlinkDeviceProfileType

IsAbstract

False

References

NodeClass

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

ModellingRule

AccessLevel

Subtype of TopologyElementType defined in OPC 10000-100

HasProperty

Variable

IndexRangeStart

UInt16

PropertyType

Mandatory

Read

HasProperty

Variable

IndexRangeSize

UInt16

PropertyType

Mandatory

Read

The Properties IndexRangeStart and IndexRangeSize indicate the range of POWERLINK Objects represented by the instance. The POWERLINK Objects shall be components of the Object ParameterSet, which is defined in the TopologyElementType by OPC 10000-100.

Table 20 shows the ranges that are available for objects defined by POWERLINK Device Profiles and manufacturer specific POWERLINK Objects.

Table 20 – Device Profile Ranges

Index Range

Description

2000h – 5FFFh

Manufacturer Specific Profile Area

6000h – 67FFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 0

6800h – 6FFFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 1

7000h – 77FFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 2

7800h – 7FFFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 3

8000h – 87FFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 4

8800h – 8FFFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 5

9000h – 97FFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 6

9800h – 9FFFh

Standardised Device Profile Area, device 7