Structure Of Authentication Class B Devices And Ethernet Devices - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

5.1
Structure of Authentication Class B Devices and
Ethernet Devices
This section describes the system configuration when "Connection Device Information" under "Basic Settings" of the
engineering tool is set to "Authentication Class B Only".
When "Connection Device Information" under "Basic Settings" of the master station is set to "Authentication Class B Only", up
to 121 devices (1 master station and 120 slave stations) can be connected.
No.0
Class B (1Gbps)
No.3
Class B (1Gbps)
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, No.3, and No.4: Local station
No.5, No.6, No.7, No.8, No.9, No.10, and No.11: Remote station
(1), (2): Ethernet 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 29 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 1Gbps
Page 29 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 100Mbps
• Multicast mode
Page 30 When the communication speed for the master station is set to 1Gbps
Page 31 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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5.1 Structure of Authentication Class B Devices and Ethernet Devices

No.1
Class B (1Gbps)
TSN HUB
No.4
Class B (1Gbps)
(1) (2)
(2)
No.1
No.2
No.2 No.6
Class B (1Gbps) Class B (1Gbps)
No.5 No.7
Class B (1Gbps) Class B (1Gbps)
No.8
Class B (1Gbps)
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)
TSN HUB
General-
No.9
purpose
Class B (1Gbps)
hub
No.10
Class B (100Mbps)
No.11
Class B
(100Mbps)
(2)
(1Gbps)