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Products: AO-8, AO-V-8, Automation Server, DI-16, DO-FA-12, DO-FC-8, AS-P, PS-24V, RTD-DI-16, UI-16, UI-8/AO-4, UI-8/AO-V-4, UI-8/DO-FC-4
Functionalities: Central IO , Hardware
Product version: 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
10/12/2017

I/O Bus Parts

The I/O bus consists of the following parts:

  • Power bus

  • Address bus

  • Communication bus

 
action_zoom_plus_stroke I/O bus parts

I/O bus parts

Power bus

The power bus distributes 24 VDC power from the power supply to the SmartStruxure server device and the I/O modules. The SmartStruxure server device can be either an AS-P or an Automation Server.

Use the power budget to calculate the maximum number of devices that the power supply can supply. If more devices are used, additional power supplies must be added to the I/O bus.

For more information, see Power Budget .

Address bus

The address bus is used to pass the address from the terminal base backplane to the electronics module that is installed on the terminal base to the next terminal base on the I/O bus. Typically, the physical position (address) of the devices on the I/O bus should match the module IDs in Building Operation. For more information, see Device Addressing .

Electronics Module

Physical Position Number

Building Operation Module ID

Power Supply

1

Number is hidden in WorkStation

AS-P or Automation Server

2

Number is hidden in WorkStation

I/O module

3

3

I/O module

n

n <=32

Communication bus

The communication bus enables serial (RS-485) communication between the SmartStruxure server device and the I/O modules. The SmartStruxure server device can be either an AS-P or an Automation Server. The SmartStruxure server device controls and supervises the communication on the communication bus. The I/O modules also monitor their communication status. When a new I/O module is configured and connected to the I/O bus, the SmartStruxure server device automatically detects the new I/O module.

Note:

All the buses use a common ground, which is connected to the signal return paths with terminals called "RET". The signal return path is also called signal ground.

See Also

  • Terminal Bases
  • I/O Bus
  • I/O Bus Restrictions
  • Device Addressing
  • Backplane Board
  • Power Budget
  • Configuring an I/O Module