Communication profiles 777Communication profilesWhat this chapter containsThis chapter describes the communication profiles used in thecommunication between the DeviceNet network, the adaptermodule and the drive.Communication profilesCommunication profiles are ways of conveying control commands(Control word, Status word, references and actual values) betweenthe master station and the drive.With the FDNA-01 module, the DeviceNet network may employeither the ODVA AC/DC drive profile or the ABB Drives profile.Both are converted to the native profile (eg, DCU or FBA) by theadapter module. In addition, two Transparent modes – for 16-bitand 32-bit words respectively – are available. With the Transparentmodes, no data conversion takes place.
