Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS Owner's Manual page 57

Uses
The DP/AS-interface link connects the PROFIBUS-DP fieldbus with the
AS-interface. The DP/AS-interface link 65 can be connected to any
PROFIBUS-DP master capable of handling parameter assignment and diagnostic
frames with a length of 32 bytes. The DP/AS-interface link 65 allows the
actuator-sensor interface to be used as a subnet for PROFIBUS-DP. You can
therefore combine the advantages of PROFIBUS-DP and AS-interface in a
common bus system.
DP/AS-Interface Link 65
AS-i power supply
Actuator/sensor
with slave ASIC
Figure 2-21 Example of a Configuration with DP/AS-Interface Link 65
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Topologies of SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS Networks
Field level networking with PROFIBUS-DP
Passive modules
(without slave ASIC)
AS-i
cable
External power supply
24 V DC
Active modules
(with slave ASIC)
Branch
2-31