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Contents
AS-Interface and Siemens
Approval 34
Service and support 34
Product overview 35
AS-Interface and safety
Safety at work
32
How does it all work
and can it really be safe? 32
Forming safe component groups 33
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AS-Interface –
Just another bus system?
Field bus technology –
why “go by bus”? 4
Industrial communication 5
Supervisory level 6
Field or process control level 7
Actuator/sensor level 7
AS-Interface – The perfect solution
AS International Association 8
Requirements of AS-Interface 8
Single master system 9
Small volumes of data 10
Real-time requirements 10
Data transmission 10
Network topology 11
More AS-Interface
with new Specification 11
AS-Interface –
Its main components
Master 12
Slave 13
Links 13
Cables 14
Power supply units 15
Additional components
for expansion with …
… repeaters 16
… extenders 17
AS-Interface – Simple connection
Modular technology 18
Insulation piercing technology 18
AS-Interface in practice
Beginner’s checklist 19
Configuring 21
Addressing of the individual nodes 21
Parameterisation 22
Operation 22
Ten valuable tips on assembly 23
What to do if something
goes wrong 25
AS-Interface applications
Empty bottle sorting
at Bier Schneider 26
Material handling with AS-Interface
at the VW engine plant 28
AS-Interface in operation
with laser cutting machines 30
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