Table 28 – IPnDeviceType Definition

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	IPnDeviceType
IsAbstract	True
References	Node Class	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Modelling Rule
Subtype of IPnEquipmentType
HasProperty	Variable	GSDDescription	String	PropertyType	Optional
HasComponent	Variable	State	PnDeviceStateEnumeration	BaseDataVariableType	Optional

The BrowseName of a device object instance shall be the content of the NameOfStation variable of the first interface sub module. If the NameOfStation variable is not set, the content of the MAC Address variable of the first interface sub module shall be used. The MAC address string should use the canonical format (separated with -, e.g. AC-FD-CE-EC-03-80).

If the GSDDescription property is provided, it must contain the InfoText with Device Id from the GSD (see mapping table below).

Mapping to PROFINET properties:

BrowseName	Method	Source
GSDDescription	GSD	DeviceIdentity | InfoText with Device Id
State	Read	ARData | NumberOfARs | ARPropertiesEmpty block if offline. Online if at least one ARProperties block with ARProperties.DeviceAccess != 1 can be found in the record data.