Siemens SIMOTION D4x5-2 Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual page 84

Connecting
4.7 Connecting PROFIBUS/MPI
● Every MPI station must be connected to the bus first and then activated.
To disconnect the station, it must first be deactivated. Then, the station can be removed
from the bus.
● Maximum cable lengths:
– 200 m per bus segment
– 2,000 m total length with RS 485 repeaters
Note
You can also use intelligent DP slave functionality for PROFIBUS communication between
CPUs.
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