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Validity of this documentation
These operating instructions are valid for the following products:
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● CP 5613 A2
order number: 6GK1 561-3AA01
● CP 5614 A2
order number: 6GK1 561-4AA01
Content of this documentation
These operating instructions contain information about the installation and configuration of
the CP 5613 A2 and CP 5614 A2 communications processors.
Updated operating instructions on the Internet
You will find the current version of these operating instructions on the Product Support pages
under the following entry ID: 62612014
(http://support.automation.siemens.
Further documentation
The documents listed below contain more detailed information on commissioning and using
the communications processor. You will find this documentation on the Product Support
pages on the Internet under the following entry link:
Support (http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en
com/WW/view/en/62612014)
)
Enter the entry ID shown below of the relevant manual as the search item.
The system manuals introduce the topic of industrial communication and explain the
communications protocols used. There is also a description of the OPC interface as
user programming interface.
● Installation manual SIMATIC NET PC Software
This document contains detailed information on installing the SIMATIC NET
You will find the entire SIMATIC NET documentation on the pages of Product Support:
10805878 (http://support.automation.siemens.
Go to the required product group and make the following settings:
→ Entry list → Entry type "Manuals / Operating Instructions"
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Internet.
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consultants at the following Internet address:
(www.siemens.com/sitrain
)
SIMATIC NET glossary
Explanations of the specialist terms used in this documentation can be found in the SIMATIC
NET glossary.
The CP 5613 A2 is a communications processor for connecting PCs to PROFIBUS. The
essential characteristics are as follows:
● The CP 5613 A2 is equipped with a PROFIBUS interface allowing up to 12 Mbps. It is
intended for operation in PGs and PCs with a PCI bus interface according to the PCI
standard V2.2.
● With the CP 5613 A2, up to 32 devices (PC, PG, SIMATIC S7 or ET 200) can be linked to
form a network segment. By linking several segments with repeaters, a maximum of 64
nodes can be connected.
● Optimized for fast DP master operation (DP Base) with up to 124 DP slaves with full data
consistency
● As an alternative, can also be used as a DP slave
● Relieves the PC due to event mechanisms (automatic detection of data changes)
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● Fast logic support regardless of the user program (automatic linking of input and output
data can be set by the user program).
● Plug and play support during installation of the hardware
● Support of all data transmission speeds from 9.6 kbps to 12 Mbps
● Floating RS-485 connector
● Support of PCI 3.3 V/5 V, 33 MHz/66 MHz, 32 bit/64 bit and PCI-X 66 MHz, 32 bit/64 bit