Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5 Series User Manual page 67

Authentication Class setting
From "Connection Device Information" under "Basic Settings" of the engineering tool, select either of the following items
according to devices to be connected.
Connected device System configuration
information
Authentication Class B Only Select this if the system is to be configured without connecting the
authentication Class A device.
• Page 69 Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN only
• Page 73 Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN and Ethernet
devices
Mixture of Authentication Select this if the authentication Class A device or Ethernet device is connected
Class B/A or Authentication to the structure with the authentication Class B device only. ( Page 82
Class A Only Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN and Ethernet devices)
When "Connection Device Information" is set to "Mixture of Authentication Class B/A or Authentication Class A Only", line
topology can be used with the structure with the authentication Class B device only as shown below. To implement this
setting, select this when connecting the authentication Class A device and Ethernet device after connecting a general-
purpose switching hub to the end of the network of the authentication Class B device only.
No.0 No.1
Class B Class B
No.2
Class B
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2: Local station
No.3, No.4, No.5, and No.6: Slave station
(1) Ethernet device
 When the authentication Class A device or Ethernet device is connected
Modules can be connected in any order regardless of the station number. No. shown in the following figure
represents a station number.
No.1
Ethernet connection
For connection with MELSOFT products and connection with SLMP-compatible devices, refer to the following.
Page 23 Ethernet connection
General-purpose
No.3
switching hub
Class B
... ...
General-purpose
... ...
No.4 No.4
switching hub
Class B Class B
No.0 No.3
Switching hub
TSN switching hub
(authentication Class B
switching hub)
General-purpose switching
hub (authentication Class B
switching hub)
Ò
No.5
Class A
(1)
No.6
Class A
No.2
5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Standard
IEEE802.1AS
IEEE1588
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