Specifications

B–5RS-232 Communication Interface
Publication 1747-6.2
Full-Duplex (Point-to-Point)
APS
Modem
Modem
SLC 5/03 CPU
(1747-L532)
APS
1747-CP3
SLC 5/03 CPU
(1747-L532)
DF1 Half-Duplex Protocol
DF1 half-duplex protocol provides a multi-drop single
master/multiple slave network. In contrast to the DF1 full-duplex
protocol, communication takes place in one direction at a time. You
can use channel 0 as a programming port, or as a peer-to-peer port
using the MSG instruction.
In half-duplex mode, the SLC 5/03, SLC 5/04, and SLC 5/05
processors can be either master or slave devices. As a master device,
the processor polls each slave on the network on a regular and
sequential basis. The master also supports routing of data packets
from one slave to another, or slave-to-slave communication. As a
slave device, the processor can send data packets when polled by the
master device, which initiates all communication with slave devices.
If the master device has no data to send, it can still receive data from
the slave device. To do this, the master sends out a poll packet
addressed to the slave. If the slave has data to send, it does so in
response to the poll packet. Otherwise, the slave sends a simple two
byte response, so that the master knows that it is active.
Several Allen-Bradley products support half-duplex master protocol.
They include the Enhanced PLC-5 processors, and SLC 5/03,
SLC 5/04, and SLC 5/05 processors. WINtelligent Linx and RSLinx
(2.0 or higher) from Rockwell Software, Inc. also support
half-duplex master protocol.
DF1 Half-duplex supports up to 255 slave devices (address 0 to 254)
with address 255 reserved for master broadcasts. The SLC 5/03,
SLC 5/04, and SLC 5/05 support broadcast reception, but cannot
initiate a broadcast command.