PROFIBUS DP gateway
Wieland Electric GmbH | BA000970 | 11/2016 (Rev. F)
Bus cable
The bus topology for PROFIBUS DP is a linear structure consisting of a shielded and twisted 2-
lead cable with active bus termination at both ends. The potential bus lengths range from 100
m at 12 kbit/s to 1200 m at 94 kbit/s.
Illustration 37: Bus cable of the SP-PROFIBUS-DP module
Table 69: Reference for pin configuration
3 PROFIBUS termination yellow (with integrated terminal resistances)
Line parameters
The bus cable characteristics have been defined in EN 50170 as cable type A.
Table 70: Line parameters of the SP-PROFIBUS-DP module
135-165 Ω (at a frequency of 3-20 MHz)
Capacity per length unit < 30 pF/m
2
These cable parameters provide the following maximum physical dimensions for a bus section:
Table 71: Maximum line lengths of the SP-PROFIBUS-DP module
Data transmission rate
The data transmission rate is automatically set. The maximum baud rate is 12 Mbit/s.