Features:
- Receives the S7-300 expansion-bus connection in an extension rack.
- Uses an external 24 V DC source to support the expansion-side interface electronics.
- Passes communication and K-bus traffic to modules installed in the connected rack.
This order number is the expansion-side IM 361 execution for the IM 360/361 rack link.
It couples remote rack modules into the same logical S7-300 controller configuration.
The 24 V feed, cable direction and configured rack address require individual verification at installation.
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- Expansion cabinets use the receiver to add I/O capacity beyond the space available in the central rack.
- Multi-rack machines retain one CPU project while distributing modules between mechanically separate rack sections.
- Service teams can replace a failed receiving interface without changing the functional assignment of the connected I/O.
- One rack-interface cable arrives from the central-rack IM 360 or preceding expansion stage.
- The communication bus and K-bus continue through the defined S7-300 expansion topology.
- Connectors must be fully seated before the 24 V supply is restored.
- The CPU supervises the configured expansion rack through normal S7-300 hardware diagnostics.
- Loss of the 24 V interface supply removes the connected rack from the controller view.
- Cable order and rack address narrow fault isolation when multiple expansions are present.
- Correct polarity is required on the 24 V DC supply terminals.
- Power isolation prevents connector damage while changing the rack-interface cable.
- Cabinet protection must account for the module's IP20 industrial construction.