Broadcast Communications; Sending/Receiving Procedures - Mitsubishi Melsec-L Series User Manual

10.8

Broadcast Communications

Broadcast communications mean that the same data is sent to all E71-connected stations in the same Ethernet
network and to the connected devices without specifying destinations. Broadcast communications can be performed
only when the UDP/IP protocol is used and during "No Procedure" communications using a fixed buffer.
● When connected devices in the same Ethernet network do not need to receive communication messages by broadcast
communications, a discarding process is required.
● The user needs to determine the port numbers dedicated for data sending/receiving for broadcast communications.
10.8.1

Sending/receiving procedures

(1) Sending procedure
To send data by broadcast communications, set the IP addresses of the connected devices where the E71 sends
data to FFFFFFFF
over the Ethernet network.
(2) Receiving procedure
To receive data as data for broadcast communications, set the IP addresses of the connected devices that send
data to the E71 to FFFFFFFF
and perform the open process. The E71 sets all the host address bits to 1 and sends data
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and the port numbers to FFFF
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and perform the open process.
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