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Magelis XBT N/R/RT
Architectures of Au tomation Systems
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Architectures of Automation
Systems
Types of Architectures of Automation Systems
Communication via Protocols
Communication between the XBT terminal and connected equipment is achieved by
means of a communication protocol, which is selected when creating the application
in Vijeo-Designer Lite.
The protocols available for the XBT range support communication with the
Schneider range of PLCs, specific equipment (speed drives) and third party PLCs.
Supported protocols are Uni-Telway, Modbus (master and slave), Siemens PPI,
AB DF1, AB DH485, Mitsubishi FX, SYSMAC-WAY. Please note that not all XBT
types support all protocols.
The following types of architecture are possible, which enable 1 XBT terminal to be
linked to several equipment or several XBT terminals to 1 equipment:
z point-to-point connections
z multipoint connections
z multidrop connections
For more information on the protocols, please refer to the Protocols User Manuals.
Point-to-Point Connection (all XBT terminals)
1 XBT terminal linked to 1 equipment.