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From: markp on 21 Jul 2010 10:05 Hi All, I'm designing a Profibus interface. I'm a little confused with the +5V termination power supply (Voltage Plus, or VP). My understanding is that VP is supplied by something on a segment that is used to actively terminate all the receivers, and usually these resistors are in the Profibus connectors themselves. So: Is it the master only that drives VP onto the bus? If my device can be a master or slave, I presume I have to be able to either drive VP or not depending on whether I'm a master or not (?) What is the current requirement of VP? Also, for bog standard RS485 applications I usually use isolated 5V supplies locally on each receiver, and a common signal ground reference linking them. Is that usual with Profibus too? I guess the master would generate VP referenced to this same common ground signal, I assume using an isolated supply. Which means if I already have an isolated supply as part of the reciever section I could use that directly to drive VP (?) Sorry for all the questions, I can't seem to find any docs that tie this down. Mark
From: JosephKK on 25 Jul 2010 15:30 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:05:48 +0100, "markp" <map.nospam(a)f2s.com> wrote: >Hi All, > >I'm designing a Profibus interface. I'm a little confused with the +5V >termination power supply (Voltage Plus, or VP). My understanding is that VP >is supplied by something on a segment that is used to actively terminate all >the receivers, and usually these resistors are in the Profibus connectors >themselves. > >So: >Is it the master only that drives VP onto the bus? > >If my device can be a master or slave, I presume I have to be able to either >drive VP or not depending on whether I'm a master or not (?) > >What is the current requirement of VP? > >Also, for bog standard RS485 applications I usually use isolated 5V supplies >locally on each receiver, and a common signal ground reference linking them. >Is that usual with Profibus too? > >I guess the master would generate VP referenced to this same common ground >signal, I assume using an isolated supply. Which means if I already have an >isolated supply as part of the reciever section I could use that directly to >drive VP (?) > >Sorry for all the questions, I can't seem to find any docs that tie this >down. > >Mark > Try this, i think it looks promising: http://www.profibus.com/nc/downloads/downloads/profibus-technology-and-application-system-description/display/
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