Structure Of Authentication Class B/A Devices And Ethernet Devices - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5 Series User Manual

5.2
Structure of Authentication Class B/A Devices and
Ethernet Devices
This section describes the system configuration when "Connection Device Information" under "Basic Settings" of the
engineering tool is set to "Mixture of Authentication Class B/A or Authentication Class A Only".
When "Connection Device Information" under "Basic Settings" of the master station is set to "Mixture of Authentication Class
B/A or Authentication Class A Only", up to 61 devices (1 master station and 60 slave stations) can be connected.
No.0
Class B (1Gbps)
General-purpose
switching hub
No.0: Master station
No.1: Local station
No.2, No.3, No.4, No.5, No.6: Remote station
(1), (2), (3): Ethernet device
Class A: Authentication Class A device
Class B: Authentication Class B device
The availability of connection of network configuration devices varies depending on the communication mode and
communication speed.
• Unicast mode
Page 75 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 1Gbps
Page 75 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 100Mbps
• Multicast mode
Page 76 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 1Gbps
Page 76 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 100Mbps
The following terms are used to describe the terms in the tables referenced.
(1)
No.0
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5.2 Structure of Authentication Class B/A Devices and Ethernet Devices

No.1
Class B (1Gbps)
No.4
Class A (100Mbps)
(1) (2)
(2)
No.1
No.2
No.2 No.3
Class B (1Gbps) Class B (1Gbps)
(3)
No.5
(100Mbps)
Class A (100Mbps)
No.0: Master station
No.1: Local station
No.2: Remote station
(1) Device on the master station side (The master station or a device near the
master station)
(2) Device on the end side (A device far from the master station)
(1)
(1Gbps)
General-purpose
switching hub
(2)
(100Mbps)
No.6
Class A (100Mbps)