15-2 15. Panasonic
Ethernet Connection
FP/FP-X Series
*1 To speed up communications, we recommend you to use UDP/IP communication.
*2 Eight connection settings are provided on the PLC; each for one V9 unit. Therefore, a maximum of eight V9 units can be connected to an
Ethernet unit.
*3 A maximum of three units can be connected to one port by setting the “Source Port No.” on the PLC communication tool. Therefore, a
maximum of three V9 units can be connected to an Ethernet unit.
*4 A maximum of 16 V9 units can be connected.
*5 For KeepAlive functions, see “1.3.2 Ethernet Communication”.
*6 For the ladder transfer function, see the V9 Series Reference Manual.
PLC Selection on the
Editor
CPU Unit TCP/IP UDP/IP Port No.
Keep
Alive
*5
Ladder
Transfer
*6
FP Series (TCP/IP)
*1
FP2 FP2-ET1
As desired
*2
FP Series (UDP/IP)
FP-X (TCP/IP) FP-X AFPX-COM5
As desired
*3
FP7 Series (Ethernet) FP7 Built-in Ethernet
8000 to 65535
*4