Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5 Series User Manual page 80

• When "Communication Mode" is set to "Multicast", the local station cannot be connected to the authentication Class A
remote station.
Multicast mode
No.0
Class B
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.4: Local station
No.2, No.3: Remote station
Class A: Authentication Class A device
Class B: Authentication Class B device
■Star topology
The network is configured in a star topology via a switching hub.
• To connect an authentication Class A device to an authentication Class B device in a star topology or to connect an
authentication Class A device to an authentication Class A device in a star topology, connect them via a general-purpose
switching hub.
No.0
Class B
No.1
Class A
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, and No.3: Remote station
Class A: Authentication Class A device
Class B: Authentication Class B device
• When "Communication Mode" is set to "Multicast", the local station cannot be used with an authentication Class A remote
station on the end side via a switching hub.
No.0
Class B
No.1
Class A
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, and No.3: Local station
No.4: Remote station
Class A: Authentication Class A device
Class B: Authentication Class B device
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5.2 Structure of Authentication Class B/A Devices and Ethernet Devices
No.1
Class B
No.2
Class A
General-purpose
switching hub
Multicast mode
No.2
Class A
General-purpose
switching hub
No.3
Class A
No.3
Class A
No.2
Class B
No.3
Class A
No.0
Class B
No.1
Class A
No.4
Class A
Multicast mode
No.2
Class A
General-purpose
switching hub
No.4
Class A