Structure Of Unicast Mode - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5 Series User Manual

Structure of unicast mode

This mode indicates the availability of connection with a network configuration device when "Communication Mode" under
"Application Settings" is set to "Unicast".
When the communication speed for the master station is set to 1Gbps
The following table lists the availability of connection with a network configuration device when the communication speed for
the master station is set to 1Gbps.
: Connection available, : Connection available via a switching hub, : Connection not available
S: TSN switching hub available
H: General-purpose switching hub available
Device on the master station
side
(A device near the master
station)
Master station 1Gbps
(Authentication
Class B device)
Local station 1Gbps
(Authentication
100Mbps
Class B device)
Remote station 1Gbps
(Authentication
100Mbps
Class B device)
*1 For a slave station with a communication speed of 100Mbps, set "Communication Period Setting" to "Low-Speed".
*2 Connection cannot be made if the total cyclic data size of all slave stations on the 100Mbps device side, including the devices with a
communication speed of 100Mbps that form a boundary between the communication speed of 1Gbps and 100Mbps, exceeds 2K bytes.
( Page 84 Calculation of the total cyclic data size)
Precautions
When a TSN switching hub is used, check the TSN switching hub specifications on the CC-Link Partner Association website
(www.cc-link.org).
When the communication speed for the master station is set to 100Mbps
When the communication speed for the master station is set to 100Mbps, the FX5-CCLGN-MS cannot be connected.
Device on the end side (A device far from the master station)
Local station (Authentication
Class B device)
1Gbps 100Mbps
S 
S 
 
S 
 
5.1 Structure of Authentication Class B Devices and Ethernet Devices
Remote station
(Authentication Class B
device)
1Gbps 100Mbps
*1
S S
*1*2
S S
 
*1*2
S S
*1*2
 S
5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Ethernet device
1Gbps 100Mbps
SH SH
SH SH
 
SH SH
 SH
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