Structure of a Standard Address AS-i
(Original Document)
At a glance
The AS-i V2 bus is used to interconnect 31 standard address devices.
The standard address slaves each have:
The AS-i V2 bus can manage a maximum of 124 standard address slave Inputs and 124 Outputs.
Each slave has its own address and a profile (defines variables exchange).
Structure illustration
The figure below shows the structure of a standard address slave.
Description of constituent elements
The table below shows the different elements that make up the structure of a standard address slave.
Number
Item
Description
1
Input/output data
Input data is stored by the slave and made available for the AS-i master.
Output data is updated by the master module.
2
Parameters
The parameters are used to control and switch internal operating modes to the sensor or the actuator.
3
Configuration/Identification
This field contains:
  • the code which corresponds to I/O configuration,
  • the slave identification codes (ID, ID1, ID2).
4
Address
Physical address of slave.
Note: The operating parameters, address, configuration and identification data are saved in a non-volatile memory.