Providing interface between Profibus-DP master and up to thirty-two Series 8000 process I/O modules, Profibus-DP Bus Interface Module is designed to Profibus DPv1 standard, which supports both cyclic and acyclic communications. It supports pass through of HART variable and status data with 8-channel HART AI or AO modules. Communications to instrument management software, including AMS- and FDT-based packages, is over Ethernet.