BF-D light keeps flashing

lvke_lv · September 2021

Hello,

We are developing a library file for UPS. I am facing a problem during the hardware setup.

* PLCnext Engineer Version: 2021.0.4
* Profinet Controller: AXC-F-2152 with FW 2021.6
* Profinet Device: Phoenix Contact 24V DC Ups with Profinet interface as a profinet I/O device

+ The device description file has been imported
+ UPS has been connected successfully
+ The library file is working well, and the profinet communication is also ok
+ No compilation errors or warning

- BF-D red light is always flashing at 1Hz (BF-C light is off)

The reason for the problem seems that the PLC is set as Controller and also Device, and the PLC is always searching for its Controller. But the actual situation is that our PLC does not have a higher-level Controller.
In order to make the BF-D not flashing any more, I upgraded the PLC firmware to 2021.6 so that I can deactivate the PLC as Profinet device in WBM.

I would like to ask, besides deactivating the profinet device function in WMB, is there any other way to deactivate the profinet device without upgrading the firmware to 2021.6? For example, in the PLCnext engineer software, just like what the Pc Work can.

Thanks for your time to answer this question.

Best regards,
Ke

Emil Fana Gundersen · September 2021

Hi
It's possible from 2021LTS
Fx. with this app you can download and offline install:
https://www.plcnextstore.com/909
Otherwise it can be changed in a file in the PLC.

The file has to be copied in to: /opt/plcnext/appshome

Filename: PNSettings.acf.settings

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AcfSettingsDocument
  xmlns="http://www.phoenixcontact.com/schema/acfsettings"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.phoenixcontact.com/schema/acfsettings.xsd"
  schemaVersion="1.0" >


  <EnvironmentVariables>
    	<EnvironmentVariable name="ARP_COMPONENT_PROFINET" value="false" override="true"/>
	<EnvironmentVariable name="ARP_COMPONENT_PND" value="false" override="true"/>
	<EnvironmentVariable name="ARP_COMPONENT_PNC" value="true" override="true"/>
  </EnvironmentVariables>

</AcfSettingsDocument>

BF-D light keeps flashing

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