Areas

For addressing a table it is important to specify which area is to be addressed, since the Beckhoff Device Manager is subdivided into different areas:

Area code

Name

Meaning

0x1

General Area

The General Area contains various general data of the IPC.

0x8

Configuration Area

This is where the individual modules and associated information are created.

0xB

Service Transfer Area

The Service Transfer Area offers functional access.

0xF

Device Area

This is where the IPC diagnostics enters information to indicate which modules are automatically detected on startup, depending on the hardware and software, for example. In contrast to the Configuration Area, the Device Area does not consist of subordinate modules, only of individual tables.

When addressing a table, the first 4 bits represent the area (see also Description of the information model).