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PLC Comparison Charts Appendix A
Serial communi-
cations
Periph-
eral
port
Peripheral
bus
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Host Link
(SYSMAC
WAY)
Ye s Ye s N o
(Possible with
connection to
peripheral
interface)
Ye s
Serial
Gateway
(conver-
sion to
Compo-
Way/F)
Yes (CPU Units with unit version 3.0 or later) No No No
No proto-
col
No Yes No Yes
NT Link Yes No No No
CPU
Unit
built-in
RS-
232C
port
Peripheral
bus
Yes NoNoNo
Host Link
(SYSMAC
WAY)
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Serial
Gateway
(conver-
sion to
Compo-
Way/F)
Yes (CPU Units with unit version 3.0 or later) No No No
No proto-
col
Ye s Ye s N o Ye s
NT Link Yes (1:N) Yes No Yes (1:1)
Serial PLC
Links
No No Yes No No No No
RS-
232C or
RS-
422/
RS-485
on
Com-
munica-
tions
Board
Peripheral
bus
No No No No
Host Link
(SYSMAC
WAY)
No Yes
The WG, MP,
and CR com-
mands are not
supported.
Ye s
The CR com-
mand is not
supported.
Ye s
The WG and
MP com-
mands are
not sup-
ported.
Ye s
The CR com-
mand is not
supported.
Serial
Gateway
(conver-
sion to
Compo-
Way/F,
Modbus-
RTU, Mod-
bus-ASCII,
or Host
Link FINS)
No Yes (Serial
Communica-
tions Board/
Unit with unit
version 1.2 or
later)
No No No
No proto-
col
No Yes (Serial
Communica-
tions Board/
Unit with unit
version 1.2 or
later)
Ye s N o Ye s
NT Link No Yes Yes No Yes (1:1 and
1:N)
Protocol
macro
No Yes Yes No Yes
Compo-
Way/F
Master
No Yes (using
protocol
macro or
Serial Gate-
way)
Yes (using
protocol
macro)
No Yes (using
protocol
macro)
Item CJ1-H/CJ1M Series CS1-H Series C200HX/HG/
HE
CVM1/CV
Series
CQM1H
CJ1-H-R CJ1-H CJ1-M