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Figure 23 - Distributed Network System
The engineering workstation could connect to the safety network (as
illustrated), to the data network or to the two networks.
As drawn, the OPC portal server collects data from the controllers and displays
it on the HMIs and, conversely, delivers commands from the HMIs to the
controllers. The data network carries real time data (MODBUS TCP) from
the BPCS to the controllers.
Controller External Network Connectors
The controller features six auto-sensing 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports
which let it to connect to a local area network through standard RJ45 Ethernet
cable. There are two ports for each processor module.