Action
Select "Network view" to display the
devices to be connected.
Select the port on one device and
drag the connection to the port on
the second device.
Release the mouse button to create
the network connection.
7.4
PLC-to-PLC communication
● Configuration/Setup: Hardware configuration is required.
● Supported functions: Reading/Writing data to a peer CPU
● No Ethernet switch is required for one-to-one communications; an Ethernet switch is
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required for more than two devices in a network.
Result
A CPU can communicate with another CPU on a
network by using the TSEND_C and TRCV_C
instructions.
Consider the following when setting up
communications between two CPUs:
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