The VW3A3E301 is a Fipio communication card for the Altivar 71 Plus drive series. It plugs into the drive's option slot and gives the drive a Fipio fieldbus interface running at 1 Mbps, with a 9-way male SUB-D connector for the bus cable. Four LEDs on the front panel show COM (data exchange), ERR (fault), I/O (minor internal fault), and RUN (status) — the usual lineup for diagnosing a drive on a Fipio segment without cracking open the software.
What the specs mean for the line
The card supports 1 to 62 addresses on the bus, so it fits small to medium Fipio networks — enough for a multi-drive conveyor section or a pump skid. The communication service covers CiA 402 profile (the drive profile for motion control), communication monitoring, and an I/O profile, plus adjustment using PLC software. That means a controls integrator can map the drive into a Fipio segment using standard CiA 402 objects, or run it in a simpler I/O mode if the PLC just needs start/stop and speed reference.