PROFINET Manual

It is often important for the user to look at the functionality of a PROFINET field device without having detailed knowledge about the contents of the description file. This is done by the GSD Checker available at www.profinet.com. The GSD Checker can be used to view GSD files for PROFINET. The GSD checker interprets such a file and is able to check it for correctness. With a simple mouse click, the syntax of a GSD file can be checked:

Figure 68: GSD Checker for displaying the GSD file

With a browser display, the contents of the GSD file can be displayed in a readable and printable form:

Figure 69: Representation in the GSD Checker

Any commercially available XML editor or a normal text editor can be used to create a GSD file. With the functionality "Check" the syntax and part of the sematic is verified and errors and warnings are displayed.

Figure 70: Representation as XML file and result of a check