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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q series programmable controller.
Before using the product, please read this manual carefully to develop full familiarity with the functions and
performance of the Q series programmable controller to handle the product correctly.
Please forward a copy of this manual to the end user.
CONTENTS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................................ A- 1
CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE PRODUCT ........................................................................................... A- 5
REVISIONS .................................................................................................................................................. A- 6
CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................. A- 10
MANUALS .................................................................................................................................................... A- 15
COMPLIANCE WITH EMC AND LOW VOLTAGE DIRECTIVES ............................................................. A- 15
GENERIC TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................... A- 16
DEFINITIONS OF TERMINOLOGY ............................................................................................................ A- 18
PACKING LIST ............................................................................................................................................ A- 19
1 OVERVIEW 1- 1 to 1-14
1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 1- 1
1.2 Features ................................................................................................................................................. 1- 4
1.3 Symbols Used in This Manual ............................................................................................................... 1- 14
2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2- 1 to 2-19
2.1 MELSECNET/H Network Configurations .............................................................................................. 2- 1
2.1.1 Single network system .................................................................................................................... 2- 1
2.1.2 Redundant system (Redundant CPU) ............................................................................................ 2- 3
2.1.3 Simple dual-structured system (High Performance model QCPU and Process CPU) ................. 2- 4
2.1.4 Multiple network system (High Performance model QCPU, Process CPU, Redundant CPU,
and Universal model QCPU) .......................................................................................................... 2- 5
2.2 Applicable Systems ................................................................................................................................ 2- 6
2.2.1 Precautions when using link dedicated instructions ....................................................................... 2- 9
2.2.2 Precautions when using network modules in the multiple CPU system ....................................... 2- 11
2.2.3 List of functions for each CPU module ........................................................................................... 2- 17
2.3 Checking Serial Number and Function Version .................................................................................... 2- 18
3 SPECIFICATIONS 3- 1 to 3-52
3.1 Performance Specifications ................................................................................................................... 3- 1
3.1.1 Performance specifications ............................................................................................................. 3- 1
3.1.2 Optical fiber cable specifications..................................................................................................... 3- 5
3.1.3 Coaxial cable specifications ............................................................................................................ 3- 6
3.1.4 Shielded twisted pair cable specifications ...................................................................................... 3- 11
3.1.5 CC-Link Ver. 1.10-compatible cable specifications ........................................................................ 3- 13
3.2 Function Specifications .......................................................................................................................... 3- 14
3.2.1 Cyclic transmission function (periodical communication) .............................................................. 3- 15
3.2.2 RAS function .................................................................................................................................... 3- 18
3.3 Specifications of the Link Data Sending/Receiving Processing Time .................................................. 3- 29
3.3.1 Link data sending/receiving processing ......................................................................................... 3- 29
3.3.2 How to calculate the transmission delay time ................................................................................ 3- 33