Installing the Device Description Files

You can download and install the General Station Description Markup Language (GSDML) or General Station Description (GSD) files for the TeSys™ island PROFINET IO and PROFIBUS DP bus couplers from the Schneider Electric website.

Downnload the TeSys™ island GSDML file for the PROFINET bus coupler at https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range-download/65746-tesys-island/.

Download the TeSys™ island GSD file for the PROFIBUS DP bus coupler at https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range-download/65746-tesys-island/.

To install the device description files in the Siemens^® TIA Portal, follow these steps:

1. Launch Siemens TIA Portal and click on Create new project. Enter a project name, then click Create.

   NOTE: Click on an existing project if one has already been created.

   Start Window

   

2. Click on Project view to open the project view window.

   Project View

   

3. Select Manage general station description files (GSD) in the Options menu, then click OK.

   Options

   

4. In the Manage general station description files window, select the path in the Source path field where the device description files will be stored.

   Manage GSD Files

   

5. Select the files you want to install from the list of GSD and GSDML files, then click Install. The installation process begins and you will get a prompt of the results.

   Installation Results

   

6. When the files have been imported successfully, click Close. Siemens TIA Portal automatically updates the hardware catalog with the imported device description files.

   Updating Hardware Catalog

   

7. Under Project tree, click on Devices & networks. The Hardware catalog task view window opens on the right of the screen.

   The installed TeSys™ island bus coupler device is now located in the hardware catalog under Other field devices → PROFINET IO/PROFIBUS DP → General → Schneider Electric → TeSys island.

   Hardware Catalog