Topology

• Ring bus system with active coupling
• 400 m between two fieldbus devices
• 12.8 km total length
• max. number of devices 256

All Beckhoff Bus Couplers BK4xxx and BC4000 are remote bus devices and can only be operated as such on the INTERBUS.

Coupling modules

Examples for INTERBUS master controls:

PC cards:
Hilscher CIF 30-IBM
Hilscher CIF 40-IBM
Hilscher CIF 50-IBM
Hilscher CIF 60-IBM
Hilscher CIF 104-IBM
Phoenix IBS PC ISA SC/I-T
Phoenix IBS PC ISA SC/RI/RT-LK
Phoenix IBS PC PCI SC/I-T
Phoenix IBS PC PCI SC/RI/RT-LK

Modules:
Phoenix IBS S5 DCB/I-T
Phoenix IBS S5 DSC/I-T
Phoenix 100 CB-T