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SynchLink Topologies
This chapter provides a detailed description of the SynchLink
topologies.
For information about:
Star Topology
Daisy Chain Topology
Ring Topology
SynchLink communications are a unidirectional data transfer from one
SynchLink node to another. The physical arrangement of these nodes
is called a topology. There are three SynchLink topology types:
· Star Topology
· Daisy Chain Topology
· Ring Topology
Each topology starts with a single master node. Each topology allows
multiple configurations in the general topology. For example, the
daisy chain topology (described on page 2-3) starts at a master node,
ends at an end node.
This section discusses the issues associated with general SynchLink
topologies. For information on specific configurations using specific
products that are available in each topology, see Chapter 4, Specific
SynchLink Configurations.
This section describes the physical set-up of each
IMPORTANT
topology. In addition to the physical arrangement,
you must electronically configure the devices.
· For the ControlLogix SynchLink module, you
· For the ControlLogix Drive modules and the
See page:
must use RSLogix 5000 to configure SynchLink.
PowerFlex 700S drives, you must use
DriveExecutive in the DriveTools 2000 suite to
configure SynchLink.
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