TITLE
B-63173EN-1/02
EDIT
DATE DESIG. DESCRIPTION
ower
ate i-
FANUC I/O Link function
Connection manual (function)
DRAW.NO. CUST.
SHEET
01
990624 New design
Add a following description as “22 FANUC I/O Link function” after chapter 21.
(1) OUTLINE
The I/O Link is serial interface that transfers high speed I/O signals (bit
data) between CNC and cell controllers and I/O Unit–A, Power Mate.
When an Power Mate, an
I/O Link β,= an I/O card, or an I/O unit is to be
used with Power Mate, I/O allocation is required at the time of ladder
creation.
Note) The official name of “
I/O Link β ”is “FANUC SERVO MOTOR
β=series I/O Link Option”.
(2) MAKE UP
(a) FANUC I/O Link is made up of 1 master and many slave units.
(b) A maximum of 16 groups of slaves can be connected to 1 I/O link.
The number of slave connections per 1 group are as follows.
I/O Unit Maximum 2 units (2 base)
Power Mate 1 unit
I/O card 1 unit
I/O Link β 1 unit
(c) Any slave can be connected to any group. Note however, that it is
not possible to mix different kinds of slave in 1 group.
Master
Power Mate
I/O Unit-A
Group
#1
I/O Unit-A
I/O Link
β
I/O card
Group
#2
Group
#3
Group
Group
#0
Slave
ll of the Power Mates (Power Mate-D, -E, -F H,
i-D and i-H) can be used as slaves.
Power
Mate