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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
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The transfer medium is a fiber-optic cable. Either glass or plastic
fiber-optic cables can be used.
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SIMOLINK has the structure of a ring of fiber-optic cables where
each node acts as a signal amplifier.
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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.
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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