4.3  CPU Unit Specifications 
Motion Control Function Module Specifications
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Motion Control Function Module Specifications
The specifications of the Motion Control Function Module that is built into the CPU Unit are given in the 
following table.
Item
Specification
Remarks
CPU-201 CPU-202
MECHA-
TROLINK 
communica-
tions settings
Communications ASIC JL-100 −
Number of Communications 
Lines
1 −
Number of Communications 
Ports (Connectors)
2 −
Communications cycle (cycle 
for refreshing data)
250 μs to 
32.0 ms
125 μs to 
32.0 ms
−
Master
Communications 
Method
M-III −
Baud Rate 100 Mbps −
Communications 
Cycle
125 μs/250 μs/0.5 ms/
1 ms/1.5 ms/2 ms/3 ms
−
Number of Con-
nected Stations
42 stations (up to 32 servo 
stations)
−
Message Relaying Supported. −
C2 Messages Supported. Automatically set by the system.
Retries Supported. −
Asynchronous Set-
ting of High-speed 
Scan Cycle and 
Communications 
Cycle
Not supported.
An alarm will occur if setting is 
attempted.
Slave
Communications 
Method
M-III −
Communications 
Cycle
125 μs to 3.0 ms −
Slave CPU syn-
chronization
Supported. −