Ident Numbers

The Device Identification for PROFINET IO has been defined to enable easy identification of a field device. It consists of a company key (Vendor_ID) and a manufacturer-specific key (Device_ID). The Vendor_ID is assigned by PNO uniquely to a company. The Device_ID can be defined by the manufacturer specifically for the device.

PI provides the schemes and the GSDML specification required to create ad GSD-File. PI’s GSD-Viewer supports validation and viewing of a GSD-File.