Examples of Network Configuration Using Cyclic Communication Function
3.1 Examples of Network Configuration Using Cyclic
Communication Function
Examples of the representative network configuration using the cyclic communication function
are as follows.
Besides the following examples, flexible configurations are available.
3.1.1 Connecting One Adapter Device or Multiple Adapter Devices to One FP7
CPU
The network is configured connecting one scanner device to multiple adapter devices as
below.
Adapter device
3.1.2 Linking FP7 CPUs in Multiple Blocks
The network is configured using multiple blocks of the configuration (above 2.1.1) and linking
each FP7 CPUs.
FP7 (Scanner device)
Adapter
Adapter
device
device
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FP7 (Scanner device)
FP7 (Scanner device)
Adapter
Adapter
device
device
Adapter device
Adapter
device
EtherNet/IP scanner by
another company
Adapter
device