User Guide

FS-8700-113 X30 Profibus DP Slave Driver Manual Page 3 of 14
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1. Profibus X30 DP Slave Description
The FieldServer Profibus DP Slave driver can be used to emulate a single Slave station on a
Profibus network. DP Masters can open a connection of up to 244 Bytes of Input and 244 Bytes
of Output data, but not exceeding a combined total of 416 Bytes to the FieldServer. The
FieldServer can be added to the Profibus network with the use of the supplied GSD file for the
ANYBUS card. Connection to the Profibus network is via a DB9 port on the ANYBUS card.
Max Nodes Supported
FieldServer Mode Nodes Comments
Server 1
The FieldServer can only emulate one Profibus DP Slave
station