Profinet IO devices are identified through their names on the network. What is the gateway's default Profinet device name?
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Profinet IO devices are identified through their names on the network. What is the gateway's default Profinet device name?
A
By default an Edge Gateway does not have a default Profinet device name. This is in accordance to the latest PI Profinet specification.
To get a Profinet communication up and running with a Profinet controller a Profinet device name needs to be assigned to the gateway first.
Assigning is done using the DCP protocol over a Profinet controller engineering software usually.
Until a gateway doesn't have a named assigned it reports just its MAC address during a DCP scan.