Ethernet / TCP/IP
(Rack configuration using VM600 software packages,
for example, VM600 MPSx or VM600 CMS)
Ethernet / Modbus TCP
(Read discrete inputs and registers)
RS-232, RS-485/422 / Modbus RTU
(Read discrete inputs and registers)
Ethernet / TCP/IP
(Rack configuration using VM600
software packages, for example,
VM600 MPSx or VM600 CMS)
RS-232 / Terminal emulation
(Configure network adapters (IP addressing)
and modify configurations such as Modbus,
NTP and/or XMx16)
Distributed control
system (DCS)
(1a)
(2)
(4)
(1b)
(5)
VM600 rack
RS-232 / Proprietary protocol
(Rack configuration using
VM600 MPS1 configuration
software)
(6)
Ethernet network
Figure 1-1: Overview of communications possibilities
Industrial Ethernet / PROFINET
(Read discrete inputs and registers)
(3)
Ethernet / CPUM Configurator
(1c)
Ethernet / Terminal emulation
(Configure network adapters (IP addressing)
and modify configurations such as Modbus,
NTP, XMx16)
(1d)