The PG socket integrated in the housing allows connection of additional devices. The connection to the PC is established with the 3 m high-speed USB cable.
The NETL ink® USB Compact is supplied with voltage by the USB bus; on the USB side, the full-speed (12 Mbps) and high-speed (480 Mbps) protocols are supported.
The NETL ink® USB Compact enables the implementation of a USB interface to the MPI/PROFIBUS for programming or visualization, with the full transmission rate of up to 12 Mbps and a maximum of 32 simultaneously opened connection channels.
The transmission rate is detected automatically, and passive bus participants can also be addressed in single-master operation.
The supplied driver automatically integrates with the S7 Engineering Tools.
In addition, the MPI/PPI/PROFIBUS is electrically isolated from the USB interface (function separation).
SHTools is included as configuration and diagnostics software.
This means that a firmware update can be performed automatically at any time for function extensions. The latest version is available for download at no charge.

• Support for all common S7 engineering tools
• Up to 32 MPI/PROFIBUS connections
• Support for slave configuration
• Electrical isolation for MPI/PPI/PROFIBUS
• MPI/PPI/PROFIBUS from 9.6 kbps to 12 Mbps
• USB 2.0 with speeds of up to 480 Mbps (high-speed)
• Does not require a separate power supply
• Comes with PG socket as standard
• For S7-200*, S7-300*, S7-400*