Siemens SIMATIC PG User Manual

Description of the device
1.3 Characteristics
PC Adapter USB A2
10 Operating Instructions, 07/2022, C79000-G8976-C293-03
1.3 Characteristics
Characteristics
You can operate the PC Adapter USB A2 on MPI and PROFIBUS networks.
The following table shows which transmission speeds are supported by the PC Adapter USB
A2 on which network type.
Table 1- 1 Bus profiles and transmission speeds
Transmission
speed
MPI PPI
PROFIBUS
DP
Standard
Universal
User defined
9.6 kbps
-
(✓)*
✓
✓
✓
✓
19.2 kbps
✓
(✓)*
✓
✓
✓
✓
45.45 kbps
-
-
✓
✓
-
✓
93.75 kbps
-
-
✓
✓
✓
✓
187.5 kbps
✓
(✓)*
✓
✓
✓
✓
500 kbps
-
-
✓
✓
✓
✓
1.5 Mbps
✓
-
✓
✓
✓
✓
3 Mbps
✓
-
✓
✓
-
✓
6 Mbps
✓
-
✓
✓
-
✓
12 Mbps
✓
-
✓
✓
-
✓
(✓)* The PPI bus profile can be used via the "Universal" PROFIBUS bus profile
Further features
• Automatic bus profile detection
• Up to 16 communications connections of which a maximum of 4 can be slaves (DP/T
connections)
• Support of routing
• The PC Adapter USB A2 supports the following access to DP slaves:
– Slave address assignment
– Device diagnostics
– Read/write data record

Siemens SIMATIC PG Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SIMATIC PG
Category	Adapter
Language	English