The CP 5624 supports the connection of SIMATIC PG/PC and PCs with PCI Express slot to PROFIBUS. It can be both DP master and DP slave.

This enables two different PROFIBUS networks to be connected in a hierarchical structure to a PC and to exchange data using one PROFIBUS card.

The CP 5624 provides high-performance support for control tasks on the PC (PC based Control, Numeric Control, Robot Control).