Standard | EN 50295 / IEC 62026?2 |
Topology | Line, star or tree structure (same as electrical wiring) |
Transmission medium | Unshielded twisted pair (2 x 1.5 mm2) for data and auxiliary power |
Connection method | Contacting of the AS-Interface cable by insulation piercing method |
Maximum cable length | - 100 m without repeater
- 200 m with extension plug
- 300 m with two repeaters in series connection
- 600 m with extension plugs and two repeaters connected in parallel
Larger cable lengths are also possible when additional repeaters are connected in parallel
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Maximum cycle time | - 5 ms in full expansion with 31 standard addresses
- 10 ms in full expansion with 62 A/B addresses
- profile-specific for slaves with extended data, e.g. analog slaves
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Number of stations per AS-Interface line | - up to 62 slaves (A/B technology)
- integrated analog value transmission
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Number of binary sensors and actuators | max. 496 DI/496 DO |
Access control | - Cyclic polling master/slave procedure
- cyclic data copying from host (PLC, PC)
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Error safeguard | Identification and repetition of faulty message frames |