Technical data

PROFIBUS networks
1.1 Local area networks in manufacturing and process automation
PROFIBUS Network Manual
12 System Manual, Edition 04/2009, C79000-G8976-C124-03
Gateways are implemented via controllers or links.
Configuration and diagnostics can be performed from any point in the plant.
Standardization
PROFINET / Industrial Ethernet
• Industrial Ethernet
(IEEE 802.3)
• PROFINET
(IEC 61158/61784)
• Industrial Wireless LAN
(IEEE 802.11)
• Industrial standard based on the international Ethernet
standard
• Open Industrial Ethernet standard for automation
• Industrial standard for wireless communication based on the
international standard
PROFIBUS
• PROFIBUS
(IEC 61158/61784)
• International standard for the field area (market leader in
fieldbuses worldwide)
AS-Interface (AS-i)
• AS-Interface
(IEC 62026-2/EN 50295)
• International standard that, as an economical alternative to
the cable harness, links sensors and actuators over a two-
wire cable
IO Link
• IO Link • Standard for intelligent interfacing of sensors and actuators
to the control level using a cost-effective point-to-point link
Use of the communication systems
Ind. Ethernet PROFINET PROFIBUS DP AS-i IO Link
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (for example
PC)
● ○ - - -
Control
(for example SIMATIC S7-300)
● ● ● ● -
Motion Control
(for example SIMOTION)
○ ● ● ○ -
Intelligent field devices
(for example ET 200S/CPU)
- ● ● ○ ●
Simple field devices
(for example ET 200)
- ● ● ● -
Sensor / actuator - ● ● ● ●
Drives
(for example SINAMICS)
○ ● ● - -
SIRIUS
motor starter
- ● ● ● ○
SINUMERIK ○ ● ● ○ -
Safety-oriented communication - ● ● ● -
- not suitable
○ suitable
● well suited