Segment Coupler 1

KFD2-BR-Ex1.3PA.93
< Output: 12.6 ... 13.4 V/100 mA
< Couples PROFIBUS PA devices transparently to PROFIBUS DP
< Intrinsically safe, Ex ia (FISCO or Entity)
< Installation in Zone 2/Class I, Div. 2
< Fixed, high-availability terminator
< For all non-redundant masters
< Cyclic/acyclic data exchange

Function
The Segment Coupler 1 (SK1) is an all-in-one gateway and fieldbus power supply for connecting PROFIBUS PA to PROFIBUS DP transparently.
The Segment Coupler powers a single PROFIBUS PA segment adapting current and voltage.
The output is rated intrinsically safe Ex ia IIC according to FISCO and Entity. The complete segment can be installed intrinsically safe.
Communication is transparent between DP and PA. The gateway of the Segment Coupler makes each PA device appear as if it was connected
to DP: This relates to addressing, cyclic/acyclic data exchange, and the transfer rate. Segment design is clear and easy to understand without
subnetworks. The gateway itself is confguration-free. All in all, these features significantly reduce engineering work.
SK1 supports any PROFIBUS DP master at a fixed transfer rate of 93.75 kbps.

Connection

PROFIBUS DP Bulk
+-S +-

GW PS

+-S
Trunk
PROFIBUS PA Zone 1/Div. 2
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Zone 0/Div. 1

Technical Data
General specifications
Design / Mounting Cabinet installation
Supply
Connection Power Rail or terminals 59+, 60-, 58 FE
Rated voltage Ur 20 ... 35 V DC
Ripple ≤ 10 %
Rated current Ir 190 mA ... 430 mA
Fieldbus connection
PROFIBUS PA
Connection terminals 3, 18+; 2, 17-

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Technical Data
Rated voltage 12.6 ... 13.4 V
Rated current max. 100 mA
Terminating impedance 100 Ω , integrated
PROFIBUS DP PROFIBUS with RS-485 transmission technology
Connection Terminals 40 RxD/TxD-P, 41 RxD/TxD-N, 42 screen/FE, 55 DGND, 56 CNTR-P, 57
VP
Baud rate 93.75 kBit/s
Terminating impedance with rotary switch (S1) switchable: 1 = on; 0 = off
Galvanic isolation
PROFIBUS DP/PROFIBUS PA safe galvanic isolation acc. to EN 50020, voltage peak value 375 V
PROFIBUS DP/Supply functional insulation acc. to DIN EN 50178, rated insulation voltage 50 Veff
PROFIBUS PA/Supply safe galvanic isolation acc. to EN 50020, voltage peak value 375 V
Directive conformity
Electromagnetic compatibility
Directive 2014/30/EU EN 61326-1:2013
Standard conformity
Galvanic isolation EN 50178
Electromagnetic compatibility NE 21:2006
Degree of protection IEC 60529
Fieldbus standard EN 50170/2
Climatic conditions IEC 60721
Ambient conditions
Classification 3K3
Ambient temperature -20 ... 60 °C (-4 ... 140 °F)
Storage temperature -40 ... 85 °C (-40 ... 185 °F)
Relative humidity < 75 %
Pollution degree max. 2, according to IEC 60664
Mechanical specifications
Connection type Terminals
Core cross section up to 2.5 mm2
Housing 100 mm x 115 mm x 107 mm
Degree of protection IP20
Mass 650 g
Mounting DIN rail mounting
Data for application in connection with hazardous areas
EU-type examination certificate PTB 99 ATEX 2142 , for additional certificates see www.pepperl-fuchs.com
Marking 1 II (1) G [Ex ia] IIC Ga , 1 II (1) D [Ex ia] IIIC Da
Supply
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Maximum safe voltage Um 253 V AC / 125 V DC (Attention! Um is no rated voltage.)

PROFIBUS PA
Voltage Uo 15 V
Current Io 207.2 mA
Power Po 1.93 W
Maximum safe voltage Um 60 V
Certificate PF 15 CERT 3527 X
Marking 1 II 3G Ex ec II T4 Gc
Directive conformity
Directive 2014/34/EU EN 60079-0:2012 , EN 60079-7:2015 , EN 60079-11:2012
General information
Supplementary information EC-Type Examination Certificate, Statement of Conformity, Declaration of Conformity,
Attestation of Conformity and instructions have to be observed where applicable. For
information see www.pepperl-fuchs.com.

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Assembly

Accessories
KFD2-EB2 Power Feed Module
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Additional Information

Dimensions

100 115

93
107
Power Rail

Extendable lugs
Protective cap, remove for
power suppply via Power Rail

Accessories
Power Rail UPR-03 Inset component for DIN rail in accordance with DIN EN 50022,
standard length 500 mm
Power supply modules KFD2-EB2 Supplies power to the power rail at a voltage of 24 V DC and a
max. current of 4 A
Terminator KMD0-FT-Ex Terminates the PROFIBUS PA branch in the field.
F*-FT-Ex1.I.IEC The KMD0-FT-Ex is connected to the last PROFIBUS PA station.
F*-FT-Ex1.D.IEC

Installation
Connection
Please note!
On the segment coupler no supply voltage or other external voltage must be applied to the PROFIBUS terminals.
For additional information see the PNO manual for PROFIBUS PA.

Output characteristic

Uo Po
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I=
Uo

Io I

*) FISCO:
Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept

Number of stations, current consumption of stations:

The total of the max. current consumption of connected bus stations must be less than the rated current IS of the segment coupler.
The modulation current with which a bus station sends data does not need to be taken into consideration.
Ground, shield:
For reasons of interference immunity, the shield/FE, the FE and especially the shield/PA should be connected to a functional
ground (or Ex-ground) on the segment coupler.

Commissioning and Operation

Configuration
Bus parameters: Bus parameters of the PROFIBUS Master

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Operation is ensured with the following bus parameters:

Parameter Value For description see section Description

Baudrate (kBit/s) 93.75
TSL (tBit) 4095 Slot time
min TSDR (tBit) 22 Station delay time
TID2 (tBit) 1000 Idle2 time
max TSDR (tBit) 1000 in Idle2 time
TID1 (tBit) 145/335*) Idle1 time
TSET (tBit) 55/150*) in Idle1 time
TQUI (tBit) 0 Quiet time
G 10 Gap factor
HSA 126 Highest Station Address
max_retry_limit 1 Repetitions in event of failure

*) There are no response errors for these values, even with older devices.
All time units that are specified in bits (without index 1)) refer to 93.75 kBit/s. 1 Bit = 10.66 µs.

Idle1 time:
The Idle1 time TID1 is the idle time that must be observed by the Master between a response telegram and the following call-up
telegram.The Idle time TID1 should not be set directly by parameter for many control tools. To adjust the Idle time in spite of this,
the Setup time parameter TSET must be changed or, if TSET is also inaccessible, TQUI :

TID1 is calculated from: TID1 = 2 x TSET + TQUI + 35 Bit

The Idle time TID1 depends on the maximum response time 2) of all PA bus stations. For TID1 and TSET, values are specified in
the left column corresponding to the current PROFIBUS regulations. Under certain circumstances, older PROFIBUS devices that
do not work with the response times in accordance with Standard PROFIBUS DP-E could cause telegrams to be repeated. If this
behaviour occurs, you can increase the Idle 1 time as an emergency measure. However, this also increases system response
time (see Diagram 1).
Slot time:
The Slot time TSL should be set to 4 0953) Bit. The Slot time depends on the following parameters:
• Data field length LS of the call-up telegram [byte]4)
• Data field length LR of the response telegram [byte]
• Station delay time TSDR of the PA bus station5) [BitPA]6)
If the maximum total of data field length LS and data field length LR of all bus stations is known, the Slot time can be optimised
(minimised):
TSL > 13 Bit x (LS + LR) + 3 Bit x TSDR/BitPA + 630 Bit [Bit]

In contrast to the Idle1 time, the Slot time has only a minor effect on the system response time. Because of this, no minimisation
is required. If the value of TSL is too small, data exchange with long data field lengths cannot take place and the telegram packets
will collide (see LED display, collision). For these reasons, the Slot time should not be set too low.
Idle2 time:
The Idle2 time TID2 is the idle time between an SDN (Send Data with no Acknowledge)7) and the subsequent call-up telegram. It
should be set to 1000 Bit. If TID2 will not be set directly, the parameter max. TSDR is used. If max. TSDR is greater than TID1 (as in
the table), the value of max. TSDR is accepted for TID2 8).
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Highest Station Address HSA:

A PROFIBUS master queries the status of all stations cyclically up to the address value HSA. As soon as one station at an
address lower than HSA does not respond, (for example because it is not connected) the relatively long Slot time expires. The
effect on the system response time is illustrated in Diagram 1. If it is ensured that a station is present for each address up to and
including HSA, this Slot time can be avoided --> Diagram 1, broken line.

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Comments for projecting, time response:
Within the bus-specific communication interfaces, the time interval from the transfer of a piece of information to the next transfer
of this information, or when it is updated, is referred to as the system response time, access time or total cycle time. The actual
system response time is the total of all message cycles9) (the message cycle time) within a token cycle10). Not all messages are
processed cyclically (in every token cycle). These acyclic telegrams can be ignored at first, since they are used only sporadically.
Starting with single-master operation, the system response time is the total of message cycles TMCi to the passive bus stations.
"n" is the number of these stations. A good approximation of the actual system response time TSYS can be obtained by adding
up one message cycle for effective data (cyclic data exchange) for each bus station "i" (i = {1…n}). In addition, the duration of the
Gap Update and Token TG+T are added.

n
TSYS = TMC(i) + TG+T
0=1

The value of TG+T is a maximum (worst case) of 47 ms (boundary conditions11)). With a smaller number of stations, the duration
of TT+G is noticeable (see Diagram 1). TT+G can be reduced to 11.36 ms (boundary conditions12)) by adjusting the Highest Station
Address HSA --> Diagram 1, broken line. See Highest Station Address.
The duration of a message cycle depends on the effective data length LS of the call (Output_Length) and LR of the response
(Input_Length). [in Bytes]

Equation 1
TMC = 11 ms + 0.256 ms x (LS + LR)

Boundary conditions13) --> Diagram 2 (TID1 = 145 Bit)

To enhance clarity, for the effective data lengths LS and LR, their sum L is used: L = LS + LR
The response time TSYS can be calculated by adding up the effective data lengths L(i) of stations i = {1 … n}.

Equation 2

n
TSYS = n x 11 ms + 0.256 ms x T(i) + 47 ms
0=1

If an average effective data length L is used, Equation 1 with n stations is simplified to:

Equation 3

TSYS = n x TMC + TG+T = n x (11 ms + L x 0.256 ms) + 47 ms

Many devices work at an effective input or output data length of 5 ... 10 Bytes. Thus, the calculation example is close to practical
requirements at L = 10 Bytes:
Equation 4

TSYS = n x 11 ms + 10 x 0.256 ms + 47 ms
TSYS = n x 13.56 ms + 47 ms --> Diagram 1 (TID = 145 Bit)

Characteristic Curves

Diagram 1 Diagram 2
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System reaction time s Message Cycle ms

0.8 30

0.7
25
0.6
20
0.5

0.4 15

0.3
10
0.2
5
0.1

0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Stations User data lengt

335 Tid = 335

145 Tid = 145
Tg+t=11.36 ms

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The previous formulas applied for operation at an Idle1 time of 145 Bit. If you are forced to increase the Idle time-1 (see the section
entitled Idle1 time), the message cycle will also increase. The calculated times are shown in the diagrams with the TID1 values of
335 Bit (thin line) recommended in older data sheets.
The following formulas contain the additional parameter TID1. The equations are numbered according to the previous equations
with an additional index i.

Equation 1i

TMC = 9.456 ms + 0.256 ms x L + LID / 93.75 kBit/s

Equation 2i

n
TSYS = n x (9.456 ms + TID / 93.75 kBit/s) + 0.256 ms x T(i) + 48 ms
i=0

Equation 3i

TSYS = n x (9.456 ms + TID / 93.75 kBit/s + L x 0.256) + 48 ms

Equation 4i

TSYS = n x (11 ms + 10 x 0.256 ms) + 48 ms

TSYS = n x 13.56 + 47 ms --> Diagram 1 (TID) = 145 Bit)

Indication
LED display Meaning Comments
Yellow On continuously Communication OK Light off for time out
(of DP line approx. 0.3 s light off with time out of PA line approx. 3 s)
Red On continuously Hardware error
Yellow flashing DP reception error flashes 3 times when telegram error is detected
Yellow and Red flashing in sync PA reception error flashes 3 times when telegram error is detected
Yellow and Red flashing alternately Collision error sh. Slot time flashes 3 times when collision error is detected
Green On Power on

Footnotes
1) Index PA applies to 31.25 kBit/s: 1 BitPA = 3 BitDP = 32 µs.
2) This special reaction time is not the so-called station delay time TSDR.
3) The value 4095 Bit applies to the following parameters: LS + LR < 253 Bytes; TSDR = 60 BitPA (1.92 ms). If you would like to allow for data exchange
with call-up and response telegram, each with a theoretical maximum length of 246 Bytes (LS + LR = 492 Bytes), TSL should be set to 7192 Bit.
4) The unit, byte, is the number of telegram characters (UART characters).
5) Most PA bus stations have a TSDR of 60 BitPA.
6) The time unit bitPA applies for the PROFIBUS PA side as 31.25 kBit/s. 1 BitPA = 32 µs .
7) SDN telegrams are used for example by the “Global Control” service.
8) TID2 is calculated from: TID2 = max (TSYN +TSM, max TSDR ). The greater value should be placed in parentheses. The relationships between these
monitoring times are described in DIN 19 245-1 Section 4.1.7.
9) A message cycle includes a call-up telegram, response telegram, reaction time (between call and response) and the pause time until the beginning of
the next call (Idle time-1).
10)The duration of a token cycle and the system response time are practically identical.
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11)TT+G = 47 ms applies with the following boundary conditions: GAP Update in Worst Case (station address not present. Slot time TSL = 4059 Bit; Idle
time-1 TID1 @ 150 Bit.
12)TT+G = 47 ms applies with the following boundary conditions: GAP Update with response; Idle time-1 TID1 = 145 Bit
13)Equation 1 has the following conditions: Idle time-1 =145 Bit; station delay time of station TSDR = 60 BitPA = 180 Bit; call and response have the same
telegram format with a variable data field length (SD2).
The time unit bitPA applies for the PROFIBUS PA side as 31.25 kBit/s. 1 BitPA = 32 µs.

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