Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual page 28

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
information
Authentication Class B Only
Mixture of Authentication
Class B/A or Authentication
Class A Only
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 hub to the end of the network of the authentication Class B device only.
No.0
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. A No. shown in the figure below
represents a station number.
No.1
Ethernet connection
For connection with MELSOFT products and a GOT, and connection with SLMP-compatible devices, refer to the following.
 MELSEC iQ-R CC-Link IE TSN User's Manual (Application)
5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
26
System configuration
Select this if the system is to be configured without connecting the
authentication Class A device.
• Page 32 Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN only
• Page 37 Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN and Ethernet
devices
Select this if the authentication Class A device or Ethernet device is connected
to the structure with the authentication Class B device only. ( Page 49
Connection with modules on CC-Link IE TSN and Ethernet devices)
No.1
Class B
No.3
Class B
... ...
No.2
Class B
... ...
No.0
General-
purpose
hub
General-
purpose
No.4 No.4
hub
Class B Class B
No.3
Switching hub
TSN hub (authentication
Class B switching hub)
General-purpose hub
(authentication Class A
switching hub)
Ò
No.5
Class A
(1)
No.6
Class A
No.2
Supported
standard
IEEE 802.1AS
IEEE 1588