One important use case of asset management is the detection of firmware updates in the plant or machine as well as a version change in a programmable application running on a PLC, robot or drive. The following table describes criteria to detect changes.
Implements AM2, AM3.
Table 14 – Criteria for firmware or application program update
|
Updated asset |
Criteria |
PROFINET Service |
|
Device |
IM_SoftwareRevision of the submodule representing the device has a changed value. |
RecordRead I&M0FilterDataRecordRead I&M0 |
|
ModuleSubmodule |
IM_SoftwareRevision of module/submodule has a changed value. The modules/submodules with explicit I&M data can be found asking for I&M0FilterData. |
RecordRead I&M0FilterDataRecordRead I&M0 |
|
Asset |
IM_SoftwareRevision or AM_SoftwareRevision of asset has a changed value |
RecordRead AM_Info |