Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5 Series User Manual page 83

• When the device stations are CC-Link IE TSN Class A devices only, up to 16 device stations can be connected.
No.0 No.1
Class B Class A
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4: Remote station
Class A: CC-Link IE TSN Class A device
Class B: CC-Link IE TSN Class B device
(1): Total number of device stations: Up to 16
■Star topology
The network is configured in a star topology via a switching hub.
• When connecting CC-Link IE TSN Class B devices in a star topology, a TSN switching hub must be used.
No.0
Class B
TSN switching
hub
No.1
Class B
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4: Remote station
Class B: CC-Link IE TSN Class B device
• To connect a CC-Link IE TSN Class A device to a CC-Link IE TSN Class B device in a star topology or to connect a CC-
Link IE TSN Class A device to a CC-Link IE TSN Class A device in a star topology, connect them via a TSN switching hub
or general-purpose switching hub.
No.0
Class B
General-purpose
switching hub
or
TSN switching hub
No.1
Class A
No.0: Master station
No.1, No.2, and No.3: Remote station
Class A: CC-Link IE TSN Class A device
Class B: CC-Link IE TSN Class B device
4.4 Structure of CC-Link IE TSN Class B/A Devices (CC-Link IE TSN Protocol version 1.0 Only) and Ethernet Devices
(1)
No.2 No.3
Class A Class A
No.2
Class B
No.3
Class B
No.2
Class A
No.3
Class A
No.4
Class A
... ...
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