Joysticks & switches on profibus

Hi,

I am new here and new to PLC so please be gentle. I am starting to design a system with Siemens S7-300 and I need to have a remote control box connected with profibus cable to the PLC. Are there joysticks and switches available that connect direct to the profibus, or should I use some kindof profibus connected I/O board and have the PLC communicate with the I/O board over profibus ?

Many thanks in advance for any help given. Sorry if my question is a bit dumb.

Thx Dan

Personally I'd connect the CPU to remote I/O by profibus such as the ET200M range but this would depend on if you have more than just a couple of inputs. You would have to supply more information such as locations, distances, total i/o etc
I have no idea if you get profibus enabled joysticks but if you did they would be expensive and joysticks tend to wear out or get damaged.

cheers

One type of I/O board that can be used for joysticks is an analog input board

Hi guys. Thx for the advice. I will look at the details for the ET200M range of I/O boards. Much appreciated