Siemens SINAMICS S120 Series

Communication
Function Manual, 12/2018, 6SL3097-5BD00-0BP0
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Communication according to PROFIdrive
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PROFIdrive is the PROFIBUS and PROFINET profile for drive technology with a wide range
of applications in production and process automation systems.
PROFIdrive is independent of the bus system used (PROFIBUS, PROFINET).
Note
PROFIdrive for drive technology is standardized
and described in the following document:
•
PROFIdrive – Profile Drive Technology,
PROFIBUS User Organization e. V.
Haid-und-Neu-Straße 7, D-76131 Karlsruhe,
Internet: (http://www.profibus.com)
•
IEC 61800-7
PROFIdrive device classes
Table 3- 1 PROFIdrive device classes
PROFIdrive
PROFIBUS DP
PROFINET IO
Example
Peripheral device (P device) DP slave IO Device Drive unit, Control Unit
CU320-2
Motion controller (higher-
level controller or host of the
automation system)
Class 1 DP master IO Controller Higher-level control,
SIMATIC S7 and SIMOTION
Supervisor (engineering
station)
Class 2 DP master IO Supervisor Programming devices, hu-
man machine interfaces
Note
Consistent naming conventions
For reasons of consistency, the terms "device", "controller", and "supervisor" are used below.
The terms "slave" and "master" are only applied in the PROFIBUS chapter and are used
there still.