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Network structure
A PROFINET network generally consists of a PROFINET segment with an
and all
area, i.e. drive controllers of the SD6 series and a PC as the
The PROFINET network structure is generally tailored to the specific requirements of the respective system. STOBER drive
controllers support a star, line or tree topology.
All IO standard devices are integrated into the PROFINET network using internal or external switches (100 Mbps).
You can configure and parameterize the drive controllers using the DS6 DriveControlSuite software from STOBER; Siemens
TIA Portal lets you do this for the entire PROFINET network, for instance.
The following graphic presents an abstract of a PROFINET network; the devices displayed have internal switches.
PROFINET
IO devices
3 x
IO controller
SIMATIC S7-1500
Command level
Controller level
IO supervisor
commissioning
Field level
Commissioning
SD6 drive controllers
Fig. 1: PROFINET: Network structure