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

Name

Index

Subindex

Access

Length

Data Type

Data Storage

Default

Profile Characteristic

0x000D (13)

0

R

14 bytes

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 ID

Name / Description

0x0015

Measuring and Switching Sensor, high resolution, 2 channel

0x0030

BLOB transfer

0x0031

Firmware Update

0x4000

Common Application Profile: Identification and Diagnosis

The following function classes are supported:

Function Class ID

Name / Description

0x8011

Teach two point extension

0x8012

Teach dynamic extension

0x8101

Locator

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).

Variant Dependence

There is no variant dependency of profile characteristics