How To Access The Io-Link Devices With Message Communications; A-3-1 Applicable System Configurations; Applicable System Configurations - Omron NX Series User Manual

A-3 How to Access the IO-Link Devices
with Message Communications
This section describes how to access data in the IO-Link devices connected to the OMRON IO-Link
Master Unit with message communications from the controller.
A-3-1

Applicable System Configurations

The following system configurations are applicable.
Communications
with the controller
EtherCAT
EtherNet/IP
*1. Use the EtherCAT Coupler Unit with unit version 1.5 or later.
*2. Use the EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit with unit version 1.2 or later.
Precautions for Correct Use
When you connect an NX-type IO-Link Master Unit to an EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit and perform
message communications with the IO-Link devices from the controller from another company,
use the EtherCAT Coupler Unit with unit version 1.5 or later. For unit version 1.4 or earlier, IO-
Link devices cannot be accessed by the message communications.
When you connect an NX-type IO-Link Master Unit to an EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit and perform
message communications with the IO-Link devices from the controller, use the EtherNet/IP
Coupler Unit with unit version 1.2 or later. For unit version 1.1 or earlier, the message communi-
cations are not available.
NX/GX-series IO-Link System User's Manual (W570)
Controller
Controller from another com-
pany
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit or
NY-series Industrial PC
Controller from another com-
pany
Communications Coupler
Unit
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*1
EtherCAT Coupler Unit
*2
EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit
Appendices
IO-Link Master Unit
GX
NX
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