Omron CJ - 09-2009 Operation Manual page 169

Expanded System Configuration
C-mode Commands
FINS Commands
2. Supported for CPU Units with unit version 3.0 or later and Serial Commu-
nications Boards/Units with unit version 1.2 or later only. For CPU Units,
however, only automatic CompoWay/F connection is possible.
Host Link System Slave
The following system configurations are possible for a Host Link System.
Note In Host Link mode, FINS commands contained between a header and termi-
nator can be sent from the host computer to any PLC on the Network. Com-
munications are possible with PLCs on the same or different types of
interconnected Networks up to two levels away (three levels including the
local level but not including the Host Link connection).
Host Link
FINS
Host Link
terminator
Host Link header
Host Link
Controller Link Network
Host Link
Host Link commands
Host Link
FINS
Host Link terminator
Host Link header
FINS
Controller Link Network
or Ethernet
Bridge
Controller Link
Network
Section 2-5
Ethernet
Gateway
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