Highlights
The Industrial Ethernet Module for PROFINET RT provides the customer with a complete IO-device in accordance with the PROFINET RT standard. The area of application is wherever intelligent devices such as drives, frequency converters, IO-modules, valves and other components of automation technology are to be equipped with PROFINET and for which flexibility and extendibility in conjunction with transparent costs are important.

Description of functions
The basic functions of the Industrial Ethernet Module are described on the page "Industrial Ethernet Module".

The Industrial Ethernet Module for PROFINET RT provides customers with a complete IO-device for integration into their own device. The following functions are supported in accordance with the PROFINET RT standard:
 

• IO-device as per PROFINET conformance class B
• Cyclic real-time data exchange with cycle times ≥ 2 ms
• Acyclic TCP/IP communication
• Transmission and reception of PROFINET diagnostic and process alarms, plug and pull alarms
• Allocation of IP addresses and device names via Ethernet

The exchange of PROFINET IO data of the host application with the Industrial Ethernet Module for PROFINET RT is performed separately for input and output data via a configurable memory image in the DPRAM of the module.

The technical details and functions of the Industrial Ethernet Module for PROFINET RT (IO-Device) may change.

Contents of delivery

• Industrial Ethernet Module for PROFINET RT (IO-Device)