Technical data   
20.4 Technical specifications of the CPU 417–5H PN/DP; (6ES7 417-5HK06–0AB0) 
  S7-400H 
426  System Manual, 03/2012, A5E00267695-11 
2nd interface 
Interface designation  X2 
Type of interface  integrated 
Physics  RS 485/Profibus 
Electrically isolated  Yes 
Power supply to interface (15 V DC to 30 V DC)  Max. 150 mA 
Number of connection resources  32,  
a diagnostic repeater in the segment reduces the 
number of connection resources by 1  
Functionality 
  PROFIBUS DP 
DP master 
2nd interface in DP master mode 
Utilities   
  PG/OP communication 
Yes 
  Routing 
Yes 
  S7 communication 
Yes 
  Global data communication 
No 
  S7 basic communication 
No 
  Constant bus cycle time 
No 
  SYNC/FREEZE 
No 
  Enable/disable DP slaves 
No 
  Direct data exchange (cross-traffic) 
No 
Transmission rates  Maximum 12 Mbps 
Number of DP slaves  Maximum 125 
Number of slots per interface  Maximum 2173 
Address range  Maximum 8 KB inputs / 8 KB outputs 
User data per DP slave  Maximum 244 bytes 
Maximum 244 bytes inputs,  
Maximum 244 bytes outputs,  
Maximum 244 slots  
Maximum 128 bytes per slot 
Note: 
  The total of input bytes across all slots may not exceed 244. 
  The total of output bytes across all slots may not exceed 244. 
  The address range of the interface (maximum 8 KB inputs / 8 KB outputs) must not be exceeded 
in total across all 125 slaves.