kanchan Member K Join Date Nov 2008 Location Bangalore Posts 6 Feb 3, 2009 #1 Hi, I want to communicate between two slc 5/03 plc.What are the h/w requirement. can i connect directly through cross cat5 cable to rj45 connector? is there any special configuration for this kind of peer to peer networking??
Hi, I want to communicate between two slc 5/03 plc.What are the h/w requirement. can i connect directly through cross cat5 cable to rj45 connector? is there any special configuration for this kind of peer to peer networking??
bernie_carlton Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator Join Date Apr 2002 Location Yakima, Washington Posts 6,412 Feb 3, 2009 #2 The RJ45 connector is not Ethernet. It is RS485 utilizing Rockwell's DH485 protocol. To hook together these CPUs please refer to Appendix B in this http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1747-um011_-en-p.pdf manual
The RJ45 connector is not Ethernet. It is RS485 utilizing Rockwell's DH485 protocol. To hook together these CPUs please refer to Appendix B in this http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1747-um011_-en-p.pdf manual
Bach90 Member B Join Date Jan 2009 Location Jakarta Posts 5 Feb 4, 2009 #3 You must use the existing DH485 connect to CPU 5/03 each other. DH485 support multi drop.