Datasheet

148 Programmable Controllers
Truly Seamless Incorporation of OMRON Components and Other
Devices into Networks
When CompoWay/F commands
are enclosed in FINS
commands and sent to Serial
Communications Boards or
Serial Communications Units
(Ver. 1.2) or serial ports on CPU
Unit Ver. 3.0, the enclosed
CompoWay/F command is
retrieved using a Serial
Gateway Function and sent as a
CompoWay/F command.
FINS network
Protocol
communications
CJ/CS-series
CPU Unit Ver. 3.0
or later
Network
CompoWay/F-compatible
components
FINS
Serial
CompoWay/F
Serial Gateway
CompoWay/F-compatible
components accessible from
personal computers, PTs, and PLCs
via a network.
Temperature
Controller
Smart Sensor
OMRON Components
Serial Gateway System
(Reference)
Gateway
FINS network
Serial
communications
Component/PLC
CPU Units with Ver. 3.0 or later
Serial Communications Units with Ver. 1.2 or later
Setting Parameters and Monitoring CompoWay/F-
compatible OMRON Temperature Controllers in
a Furnace System
OMRON
NS-series PT
Protocol macros
must be
incorporated.
Ethernet
RS-485 (CompoWay/F)
RS-485
Use the Serial Gateway with a Serial Communications
Board or Serial Communications Unit
PLC
I have to connect to
each Temperature
Controller and make
settings··· Oh no!
Temperature
Controller
Furnace
Furnace
Allocations
required.
OMRON
NS-series PT
Communications
using Serial Gateway
Function
Ethernet
RS-485 (CompoWay/F)
PLC
Temperature
Controller
Example
If I paste Smart
Active Parts (SAP)
into the PT,
parameter settings
are so easy!
Reading present
values and tuning is
also easy.
I want to monitor the present
values of the Temperature
Controllers from the PT, but it
is going to take time to
incorporate protocol macros
and allocate them to the PT···.
Before
Now
When the CPU Unit (Ver. 3.0 or later) or Serial Communications
Board or Serial
Communications Unit (Ver. 1.2 or later) receives a FINS command
containing a CompoWay/F command (See note 1.) via network or
serial communications, the command is automatically converted to
a protocol suitable for the message and forwarded using serial
communications.
CompoWay/F (See note 2.)
Host Link FINS (Possible only with Serial Communications
Boards or Serial Communications Units Ver. 1.2 or later)
Note 1: FINS
Abbreviation for Factory Interface Network Service. A command system for message services
common to OMRON networks. FINS commands can be sent across up to 8 network levels,
including serial communications paths using a serial gateway. (Possible only with CS/CJ-
series CPU Unit Ver. 2.0 or later.)
Note 2: CompoWay/F
CompoWay/F is an integrated communications protocol used for OMRON general-purpose
serial communications. It is used by Temperature Controllers, Digital Panel Meters,
Timer/Counters, Smart Sensors, Cam Positioners, Safety Controllers, etc. (as of July 2004).
FINS command received
Serial Gateway: FINS
command "capsule"
opened and contents
retrieved.
Sent as a CompoWay/F
command
Serial Gateway
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