Features:
- Processor: SIMATIC NET CP 5612 communications card.
- Network: one RS-485 interface for PROFIBUS or MPI.
- Host bus: 32-bit conventional PCI with 3.3 V/5 V Universal Key.
The card adds an internal industrial-network path to a compatible programming device or PC.
PROFIBUS communication supports documented transmission rates from 9.6 kbit/s to 12 Mbit/s.
Host-slot compatibility and the installed SIMATIC NET software release must be confirmed together.
Apter Power supports exact-article and host-compatibility review for the Siemens 6GK1561-2AA00 CP 5612 Communications Processor.
Siemens 6GK1561-2AA00 CP 5612 Communications Processor Manuals,Datasheets,Link
Important Notice: Other accessories, manuals, cables, calibration data, software, etc. are not included with this equipment unless listed in the above stock item description. All prices are shown in USD.
- 6GK1561-2AA00 uses a 32-bit PCI interface with a 3.3 V/5 V Universal Key for integration in a compatible programming device or industrial PC.
- The host-side PCI connection operates at 33 MHz or 66 MHz, supporting the conventional PCI bus implementations specified for CP 5612.
- The processor occupies one internal card position and uses the computer as its communication platform rather than operating as a standalone network appliance.
- SIMATIC NET software provides the PC communication environment that exposes the installed card to engineering and automation applications.
- The card provides one RS485 industrial-network interface through a 9-pin Sub-D socket.
- PROFIBUS transmission rates span 9.6 kbit/s to 12 Mbit/s, covering common low- and high-speed PROFIBUS network settings.
- The same CP 5612 hardware connects the host programming device or PC to either PROFIBUS or MPI according to the configured network.
- Because the card has one field-side interface, the required PROFIBUS or MPI connection must be planned as its single industrial communication path.
- 6GK1561-2AA00 operates within the SIMATIC NET PC software environment rather than as an unmanaged plug-in card.
- Siemens identifies 32-bit and 64-bit operating-system variants, while the supported combination still depends on the installed SIMATIC NET release.
- Engineering or automation applications reach PROFIBUS or MPI after the host recognizes the card and the matching software components are installed.
- A replacement host must preserve both the conventional PCI hardware path and an operating-system/software combination that supports CP 5612.
- Programming-device access to PROFIBUS stations from a Siemens PG or compatible PC-based engineering station.
- MPI communication between a host computer and SIMATIC automation equipment for commissioning or service work.
- PC-based PROFIBUS communication where industrial software exchanges data through a dedicated internal PCI card.
- Maintenance replacement in an installed CP 5612 architecture whose host slot, SIMATIC NET environment and field network are retained.