Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS manual Line topology without optical fiber link monitoring

3 Network Topologies 3.1 Line topology

3.1.2 Line topology without optical fiber link monitoring

Use this operating mode if you connect a PROFIBUS OLM with another optical fiber network component, which does not send a frame echo and does not expect or is not compatible with a frame echo in accordance with PROFIBUS guidelines (optical/electrical converter).

Monitoring mechanisms:

Send echo:	no
Monitor echo:	no
Suppress echo:	no
Monitor:	no
Segmentation:	no

Individual fiber links are not monitored in this operating mode.

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