Phoenix Contact Axioline P features hot-swappable components that offer time savings and convenience as well as compliance with CE, UL, EX, Marine, and Class A certifications. The Axioline P combines the need for modular connectivity to various networks and protocols, and the ability to add additional standard and/or intrinsically safe I/Os to the same modular station. Combining these two functions helps minimize rail usage and reduce Ethernet nodes communicating back to the Distributed Control System (DCS). Phoenix Contact Axioline P is supported for S2, R1, and R2 system redundancy.
The overall station can be broken down into three pieces: bus interface, proxy, and I/O. The bus interfaces are available in two variants: one supports the I/O only, while the other supports it all (AF). The proxy is modular and allows the user to connect up to eight PROFIBUS PA segments to the bus interface, while the I/O modules are available for standard or intrinsically safe applications with variants able to read and write digital or analog signals.