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12 Service and Diagnostic Functions on the
SINEC L2 Bus using FMA Services
This chapter describes the administrative fieldbus management (FMA)
services available to you as the user and the corresponding parameters.
The chapter informs you of the following:
➣ What is understood by FMA services
➣ Why FMA services are used
➣ Which FMA services are relevant for the SINEC L2 bus system
➣ How FMA services are called
➣ How the corresponding request and confirmation frames are structured.
Requirements for understanding this chapter are as follows:
➣ Knowledge of the PROFIBUS standard (DIN 19245, Part 1)
➣ Knowledge of data transmission by direct access to layer 2 services.
B8976060/02 Service and Diagnostics using FMA Functions
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