Structure of a Extended Address AS-i slave
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At a glance
The extended AS-i V2 bus is used to interconnect 62 extended address devices.
The extended address slaves each have:
The AS-i V2 bus can manage a maximum of 248 Inputs and 186 Outputs from extended address slaves.
Each slave has its own address, profile and sub-profile (defines variables exchange).
Structure illustration
The figure below shows the structure of an extended address slave:
Description of constituent elements
The table below shows the different elements that make up the structure of an extended 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 (ID) code.
  • the slave identification codes (ID1 and ID2).
4
Address
Physical address of slave.
Note: The operating parameters, address, configuration and identification data are saved in a non-volatile memory.