Introduction

Master and slave terminals for PROFIBUS

The master and slave terminals for PROFIBUS correspond to the FC3101 PCI card from Beckhoff. Thanks to the connection via Ethernet, no PCI slots are required in the PC.

The EL6731 can run the PROFIBUS protocol with all features; in the EtherCAT Terminal network it enables integration of any Profibus devices. Thanks to the in-house development of the PROFIBUS chip, the terminals are equipped with the latest version of the PROFIBUS technology – including high-precision isochronous mode for axis control and extended diagnostic options. This masters are the only ones that support different poll rates for the slaves.

Features:

• Cycle times from 200 µs are possible
• PROFIBUS DP, PROFIBUS DP-V1, PROFIBUS DP-V2
• Master, slave and Profibus monitor up to 12 Mbit/s
• Powerful parameter and diagnostics interfaces
• Error management freely configurable for each bus device
• It is possible to read the bus configuration and automatically assign the "GSD" files