
Active Components and Topologies
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SIMATIC NET Tw isted-Pair and Fiber-Optic Networks
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Fast Redundancy in the Ring
By interconnecting the ends of a bus using OSMs/ESMs to form a ring, reliable
communication can be achieved. With an OSM/ESM in the ring, the integrated
redundancy manager is activated using a DIP switch. The redundancy manager
constantly monitors the operation of the network.
It recognizes the failure of a section in the ring or of an OSM/ESM and activates
the substitute path within a maximum of 0.3 seconds.
Redundant Linking of Networks
The standby function integrated in the OSM/ESM allows the redundant linking of
two networks (ring or bus). To achieve this, two OSMs/ESMs are set as the
standby master/slave using a DIP switch in each network and their standby ports
connected to the corresponding OSM/ESM in the other network.
Priority for Forwarding Time-of-Day Frames
OSMs/ESMs recognize a SIMATIC NET time-of-day frame by its multicast address
09000601FFEF
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and forward it with priority over other frames. Giving priority to
time-of-day frames minimizes their propagation time in the network and keeps this
as low as possible regardless of the network load.
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