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Expanded System Configuration Section 2-5
Host Link Master Using a Serial Communications Board/Unit with unit version 1.2 or later and
Serial Gateway mode enables received FINS commands to be enclosed in a
Host Link header and terminator and transmitted to the PLC on the serial line
(Host Link slave).
FINS Messages FINS (Factory Interface Network Service) messages are commands and
responses that are used as a message service in an OMRON Network. FINS
messages enable the user to control operations such as sending and receiv-
ing data and changing operating modes when necessary. The features of
FINS messages are as follows:
FINS
SEND(090)/
RECV(098)
CMND(490)
FINS
Host Link
Controller Link
Network
Host Link header
Host Link
terminator
SEND(090)/
RECV(098)
CMND(490)
Host Link
Controller Link Network
Controller Link Network
Bridge
Ethernet
Gatewa
CMND(490)
FINS
FINS
FINS
FINS
Network
PLC (Host Link slave)
Serial Communications
Board/Unit with unit
version 1.2 or later
Serial
Gateway
PLC (Host Link Master)
Host Link
header
Host Link
terminator
Host Link
header
Host Link
terminator
FINS command
sent
CX-Programmer or other
Programming Device
that uses CX-Server as
the communications
driver