Communication / SIMOLINK 12.2010
6SE7087-6QX70 (Version AM) Siemens AG
8.3-2 Compendium Motion Control SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES
The SIMOLINK switch is a passive node which has a "switching"
function between two SIMOLINK rings.
SIMOLINK
switch
SIMOLINK
switch
Redundant connection
Failure
SL master SL master
Fig. 8.3-1 Example of an application for the SIMOLINK switch
♦ The transfer medium is a fiber-optic cable. Either glass or plastic
fiber-optic cables can be used.
♦ SIMOLINK has the structure of a ring of fiber-optic cables where
each node acts as a signal amplifier.
♦ Thus, the following distances can be realized, depending on the
selected medium:
• max. 40 m between each node on a plastic fiber-optic cable or
• max. 300 m between each node on a glass-fiber-optic cable.
♦ Up to 201 active nodes
1)
can be interlinked on SIMOLINK.
1)
From now on, the active nodes are only referred to in the text as nodes
SIMOLINK switch
SIMOLINK features