PROFIBUS DP Cable Tester | PROFtest II XL with DP controller function 110010040

PROFIBUS Cable Tester | PROFtest II XL

Quickly Diagnose and Resolve PROFIBUS Cabling Issues

Is PROFIBUS cable failure causing expensive downtime at your manufacturing plant? Don't let cable faults bring your production to a halt.

The PROFtest II XL is an easy-to-use, handheld diagnostic tool that provides a simple way to troubleshoot and pinpoint issues with PROFIBUS DP cabling and networks using RS-485 transmission. Unlike complicated cable certification tools, the PROFtest II XL gives you a fast overview of wiring status - perfect for startup, maintenance, or quickly resolving failures.

Just loop the PROFtest II XL into the bus at any point and follow the intuitive, menu-driven steps to run a line test. Within minutes, it displays cable length, baud rate, impedance values and pinpoints the distance to any faults - no special expertise required.

Highlights of the Cable tester PROFtest II XL

• Is the ideal measurement tool for commissioning operation, maintenance and service
• A simply and handy tool for the verification of the correct wiring in PROFIBUS networks with RS 485 technology
• Featured through simply handling and a significant text indicator on the display
• The cable-test will be taken basically offline and shows the avoidable weak spot in meter distance on the display

This alternative to the Siemens BT200 lets you diagnose common PROFIBUS cabling faults like:

• Incorrect termination
• Line/shield interruptions
• Short circuits
• Swapped A/B lines
• Excessive stub line lengths
• Incorrect cable types

How to test PROFIBUS cable

By using PROFtest II, you will have a quick and simple overview on the actual wiring state either when starting up the system or carrying out a maintenance job. Measurements are normally performed off-line, i.e. without using the PLC/PROFIBUS controller. So, the PROFtest II is looped through either at the start or the end of the line. This step is easy to handle and menu driven.

To operate PROFtest II, you need not require any special expertise. The most frequently used menu point is the sheer line test. The measurement is carried out in three steps as follows:

• Test without a termination
• Test with one termination
• Test with two terminations

The error is directly displayed with the line length pinpointed in meters measured from the measuring position. The detected data is represented in a measuring record which can be stored in the device or read out by a PC terminal program.

When using PROFtest II XXL version, a controller function has been integrated, where as PROFtest II XXL-Online features an additional XXL-online function.

Measuring results: Fault messages

• Display of actually laid line length
• Baud rate scan
• Line impedance measurement
• Correct termination
• Line interruption
• Shield interruption
• Mixed-up lines A-B
• Short circuit line A-B
• Short of line A/B - shield
• Using wrong line types
• Determining reflections
• Non-admissible spur line lengths
• List of all devices accessible at bus
• Transmission/Receiving level

Technical Data

• Applicable for PROFIBUS using RS-485 transmission technique
• Baud rate: 9,6 kbps to 12 Mbps
• Power supply according to either supplied accumulators or power pack
• Dimensions (L x W x H): 230 x 98 x 53 mm

Scope of delivery

• Plastic transport case
• PROFtest II XL
• Adapter for mains operation plus two rechargeable batteries
• Several adapters for PROFIBUS connection
• PROFtest II XL Manual

Don't waste time and money troubleshooting PROFIBUS failures. Get the PROFtest II XL today and quickly identify and resolve cabling issues causing downtime. Optional master and online functions available.

InduSol America makes reliable, affordable industrial networking tools for PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and more.

Accessories for the PROFtest II XL

M12 Y Measuring Adapter

For connecting the PROFtest II to PROFIBUS network