Technical specifications
Article number
PROFIBUS DP master
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Services
Interface types
RJ 45 (Ethernet)
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RS 485
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Protocols
Number of connections
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Redundancy mode
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Media redundancy
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Number of connections, max.
Number of DP slaves, max.
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PG/OP communication
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Equidistance
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Isochronous mode
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Activation/deactivation of DP slaves
100 Mbps
1000 Mbps
Autonegotiation
Autocrossing
Industrial Ethernet status LED
Transmission rate, max.
Number of connections, max.
Number of connections reserved for
ES/HMI/web
Number of connections via integrated inter-
faces
Number of S7 routing paths
H-Sync forwarding
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Media redundancy
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MRP
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MRP interconnection, supported
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MRPD
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Switchover time on line break, typ.
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Number of stations in the ring, max.
6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0
48; for the integrated PROFIBUS DP interface
125; In total, up to 1 000 distributed I/O devices
can be connected via AS-i, PROFIBUS or PROFINET
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes; Only possible at the X3 interface of the CPU
1518
Yes
Yes
Yes
12 Mbit/s
384; via integrated interfaces of the CPU and
connected CPs / CMs
10
320
64; in total, only 16 S7-Routing connections are
supported via PROFIBUS
Yes
only via 1st interface (X1)
Yes; MRP Automanager according to IEC 62439-2
Edition 2.0, MRP Manager; MRP Client
Yes; as MRP ring node according to IEC 62439-2
Edition 3.0
Yes; Requirement: IRT
200 ms; For MRP, bumpless for MRPD
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CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0)
Equipment Manual, 07/2021, A5E40882737-AB