Technical specifications
Article number
RS 485
Number of connections
Redundancy mode
Media redundancy
SIMATIC communication
Open IE communication
54
•
100 Mbps
•
1000 Mbps
•
Autonegotiation
Autocrossing
•
•
Industrial Ethernet status LED
Transmission rate, max.
•
Protocols
PROFIsafe
•
Number of connections, max.
•
Number of connections reserved for
ES/HMI/web
Number of connections via integrated
•
interfaces
•
Number of S7 routing paths
•
H-Sync forwarding
–
Media redundancy
–
MRP
MRP interconnection, supported
–
MRPD
–
–
Switchover time on line break, typ.
Number of stations in the ring, max.
–
•
PG/OP communication
S7 routing
•
•
Data record routing
•
S7 communication, as server
•
S7 communication, as client
•
User data per job, max.
•
TCP/IP
Data length, max.
–
6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0
Yes
Yes; Only possible at the X3 interface of the CPU
1518
Yes
Yes
Yes
12 Mbit/s
No
384; via integrated interfaces of the CPU and con
nected CPs / CMs
10
320
64; in total, only 16 S7-Routing connections are
supported via PROFIBUS
Yes
only via 1st interface (X1)
Yes; MRP Automanager according to IEC 62439-2
Edition 2.0, MRP Manager; MRP Client
Yes; as MRP ring node according to IEC 62439-2
Edition 3.0
Yes; Requirement: IRT
200 ms; For MRP, bumpless for MRPD
50
Yes; encryption with TLS V1.3 pre-selected
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
See online help (S7 communication, user data
size)
Yes
64 kbyte
CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0)
Equipment Manual, 11/2022, A5E40882737-AC