EDS84DMOTPBUS EN 3.0 - 11/2011 L 23
Communication manual 8400 motec PROFIBUS
Installation
Electrical installation
If no repeater is to be used at the end of the segment, the bus must be terminated by
means of a bus terminating resistor at the last station (S). The bus termination is supplied
by this station.
An external supply of the communication unit provides for a supply of the bus termination
independent of the supply of the controller.
Bus termination
( 24)
External voltage supply ( 27)
Number of stations
[5-4] Number of stations
Tip!
Repeaters do not have a station address. When calculating the maximum number
of stations, they reduce the number of stations by 1 on each side of the segment.
Repeaters can be used to build up line and tree topologies. The maximum total bus
system expansion depends on ...
• the baud rate used;
• the number of repeaters used.
Note!
The bus terminator must always be supplied. Otherwise, the bus can get
unstable.
2133PFB004
M
123
SS S S S
RR
Segment Master (M) Slave (S) Repeater (R)
1131-
230-
2-301
3-301