Profile Characteristic

Description

Profile Characteristic is a readable parameter that provides information about which IO-Link profiles are supported. It is used mainly to allow profile function modules of the control unit to detect which profile or functions on the device are available.

This parameter is defined in the IO-Link specification.

ISDU

Profile Characteristic – ISDU
Name	Index	Subindex	Access	Length	Data Type	Data Storage	Default
Profile Characteristic	0x000D (13)	0	R	6 bytes (Smart Sensor Profile Ed. 2), 8 bytes (Smart Sensor Profile Legacy), 6 bytes (Smart Sensor Profile Legacy, without PDIn)	UINT16[]	n/a	–

The parameter can be read via subindex 0 and consists of multiple profile indices and function classes (each 16-bit values).

If a profile ID is specified, this means that all included function classes are supported. If only sub-functions are supported, these are output explicitly as an individual function class.

This device supports the following profiles:

Profile Characteristic – supported profiles
Profile ID	Name / Description
0x0001	Smart Sensor Profile Legacy
0x000B	Digital Measuring Sensor
0x0030	BLOB
0x0031	Firmware Update
0x4000	Common Profile

The following function classes are supported:

Profile Characteristic – supported function classes
Function Class ID	Name / Description
0x8000	Device Identification
0x8002	Process Data Mapping
0x8003	Device Diagnosis
0x8004	Teach Commands
0x800B	Measurement High Resolution
0x8100	Extended Identification

All individual functions are described in this guide.

For more exact descriptions of the profiles, refer to the corresponding profile specifications (see www.io-link.com).