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PROFIBUS-DP Outline Description
PROFIBUS is a set of international fieldbus standards included in the European standard
EN 50 170. Within the PROFIBUS family of protocols, PROFIBUS-DP is optimized for high
speed and inexpensive hookup. It features reliable, cyclic data transfer.
PROFIBUS-DP is designed especially for communication between automation control systems
and distributed I/O at the device level.
Network Configurations
Up to 125 slave nodes can be connected to one bus. Up to eight buses can be configured in an
Advant Controller 450.
Figure 1-37. PROFIBUS-DP configuration example
AC 400 Series
or AC 110
PROFIBUS-DP
device
PROFIBUS-DP
device
DP to PA
segment coupler
PROFIBUS-
PA device