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Industrial Network Selection Guide

By Selection Table:

Network Type Item		Information System Network	Control System Network		Field Network			Motion Field Network
Network Type Item		Ethernet	Controller Link	SYSMAC Link	DeviceNet	CompoBus/S	CompoNet	MECHA-TROLINK-II
Communi-cation Type	Message Commu-nication	O	O	O	O	---	O	O
	Data Link	---	O	O	---	---	---	---
	Remote I/O	---	---	---	O	O	O	---
Baud Rate (Maximum Communication Speed)		100 Mbps	2Mbps Communication Cycle: Approx. 34ms; (Wire: 32, 2kBit + 2kWord Data Link)	2Mbps Communication Cycle: Approx. 34ms; (Wire: 32, 2kBit + 2kWord Data Link)	500kbps (Communication Cycle: Approx. 5ms; (Input: 128 Point; Output: 128 Point)	750kbps (Communication Cycle: 1ms and below; (Input: 128 Point; Output: 128 Point)	4 Mbps at 30 m	10Mbps
Communication Distance		2.5 km	Twisted Pair: 3km; H-PCF Optical Cable: 20km; GI Optical Cable: 30km	Coaxial Cable: 1km; Optical Fiber Cable: 10km	500m	Trunk length: 500m; Communication Cycle: 6ms and below	1.5 km with max. 2 repeaters	Maximum 50m
Maximum Number of Nodes		254	62	62	63	32	384 nodes (word type=128 nodes; bit type=256 nodes)	30
Communication Medium		Coaxial Cable (10BASE-5) or Twisted Pair (100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-T)	Twisted Pair or Optical Fiber Cable	Coaxial Cable Optical Fiber Cable	DeviceNet Cable	2 Core VCTF Cables, 4 Core VCTF Cables, Flat Cable	Special 4 pair flat cable, round cable (VCTF, Belden)	METCHATROLINK-II Cable
Data Link Capacity (Per Network)		---	32000CH	2966CH	---	---	---	---
Maximum I/O Point		---	---	---	32000 Points (When Using Configurator); 15000 Points (When Not Using Configurator)	256 Points	2560 Points	---
PLC Type		CS Series; CJ Series; CVM1/CV Series	CS Series; CJ Series; CVM1/CV Series; C200HX/HG/HE	CS Series; CJ Series; CVM1/CV Series; C200HX/HG/HE; C200HS; C1000H/C2000H	CS Series; CJ Series	CS Series; CJ Series; CVM1/CV Series; C200HX/HG/HE; CQM1H (During I/O Link)	CS Series; CJ Series	CS Series; CJ Series

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By Selection Chart:

* Click on the field network name to view details.

Ethernet Connection

Enables direct connection to personal computers or information networks with open protocol: Ethernet/IP or FINS protocol.

Controller Link (Fiber Optic)

High-speed Optical LAN with a transmission rate of 2 Mbps allows easy data exchange among PLC and a wide range of FA across 30 km.

Ethernet/IP

With Ethernet as the backbone architecture, optical switches can be used to extend network of 100 Mbps with easy data sharing among PLCs.

Controller Link (Wired)

Allows high-speed, large capacity data link with cost-saving wiring, data can be shared among 62 nodes in total.

PC Link (1:1, 1:N)

Easy and low-cost communication between PLCs of limited data capacity.

DeviceNet

Open network, which connects a variety of components such as drivers, temperature controller and etc. with Smart Features built with totalization and signal indication for maintenance.

CompoNet

Next generation network is ideal for high-speed ON/OFF bus for machinery system. With communication cycle time less than 1 ms connecting up to 1.5 km.

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