Setup/Network Topology - Siemens SIMATIC RF600 Series Configuration Manual

4.3

Setup/network topology

Communication of the RF680R and RF685R readers can be set up as star, bus or ring
topology. The RF615R readers can be set up exclusively as star topology.
Figure 4-1
Figure 4-2
With a bus topology, remember that if the communications connection of a reader to the
controller is interrupted, the communications connection to all downstream readers is also
interrupted.
Figure 4-3
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Sample configuration star topology
Sample configuration bus topology
Sample configuration MRP ring topology
Commissioning
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