hi, I currently have a conveyor system with a S7-300 with Profibus, one 32DI Slave and 12 Danfoss 2800 VLT profibus also. all connected in the same panel. the 12 danfoss are connected in Parallel, so cables go from one slave to the next.
Right now we are adding conveyors to the line to have more accumulation and add more machines, so i need to add 8 more motors, that will have also Danfoss 2800 VLT with profibus, but it will be in a second panel. this panel, will be exactly 12Meters from the first panel. my questions is if i need a repeater or another profibus device to connect the new VLT to the old ones? or if i can just run the cable from one panel to the other from the Danfoss to the other Danfoss?
I have attached two pictures one of the existing network and one for the proposed network.
Thank you for the help in advance.
Juan
Right now we are adding conveyors to the line to have more accumulation and add more machines, so i need to add 8 more motors, that will have also Danfoss 2800 VLT with profibus, but it will be in a second panel. this panel, will be exactly 12Meters from the first panel. my questions is if i need a repeater or another profibus device to connect the new VLT to the old ones? or if i can just run the cable from one panel to the other from the Danfoss to the other Danfoss?
I have attached two pictures one of the existing network and one for the proposed network.
Thank you for the help in advance.
Juan