PROFINET device name

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Description

PROFINET device name according to PROFINET naming convention.

The PROFINET device name must meet the following criteria:

  • Starts with a letter.
  • Does not include any spaces or control characters (hyphen, underscore, period, colon, comma, slash, backslash).

Users can change the name in the network view or the function view of MOVISUITE® and can delete the name via parameter Reset device designation (parameter group Basic settings > Reset device parameters). The parameters remains empty when the name is deleted.

The name is retained when the delivery state is restored.

The name can also be defined via PROFINET mechanisms using third-party tools.

The PROFINET device name is identical to the parameter Device designation (parameter goupDevice data > Device identification).