Fieldbus barriers, such as the R. STAHL field device couplers, are operated in Zone 1 or 2 on a non-intrinsically safe bus (often called power trunk) and can integrate both Ex i / FISCO field devices (Ex i FDC), Ex d / Ex m field devices (Ex e FDC) and simple digital and Ex i signals (digital I/O couplers).
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