Daisy Chain Connection; The Benefits Of Daisy Chain Topology - Advantech ADAM-6217 User Manual

3.3.3

Daisy Chain Connection

In early stage of industrial automation field, most users used to deploy their automa-
tion environment as serial communication RS-422/RS-485 interface. The typical con-
nection mode with RS-422/RS-485 is field connection. That presents each device
can be connected one after one in one line.
Since each ADAM-6200 module has already built in Ethernet switch, user can easily
connect each ADAM-6200 module with standard Ethernet cable as following roughly
diagram shows.

The benefits of Daisy chain topology

 Easily expands the module in existing deployment.
 Helps improve flexibility of I/O deployment, save wiring cost and space.
 Auto-bypass provides reliable communication networking.
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