
1. FANUC I/O LINK CONNECTIONS B-61813E/03
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1.1 CONFIGURATION
1) The FANUC I/O Link is made up of one master and a number of
slaves.
Master : Series 0-C, Series 15/16/18/20/21, Series
15i/16i/18i/20i/21i, Power Mate-D/H, Power Mate i-
D/H, F-D Mate
Slave : I/O Unit-A, Power Mate operator's panel connection
unit, Series 0-C
2) Up to 16 groups of slaves can be connected with a single I/O Link.
Number of slaves per one group is as follows.
I/O Unit-A : Up to 4 units (i.e.4 bases) but when Master is CNC
and Pwer Mate up to 2 units.
Power Mate : 1
Operator's panel connection unit : 1
Series 0-C, : 1
3) Any slave can be connected with any group. However, different
types of slaves can not be connected with a single group.