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CHAPTER 8 FUNCTIONS
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Reserved Station Specification and Temporary Cancel of
Reserved Station Setting
Reserved station specification allows setting of a station that is not actually connected at present but will be connected
to the network in the future (must be included in the total number of stations on the network). Reserved stations are not
detected as faulty stations even though they are not actually connected.
When the reserved station function is disabled, a slave station specified as a reserved station can be canceled
temporarily without changing the GX Works2 setting.
(1) Reserved station specification
A slave station can be set as a reserved station in "Network Configuration Settings". (
(2) Canceling/restoring the reserved station setting
Use this setting when connecting a reserved slave station to the network. For details on how to temporarily cancel
the reserved station setting, refer to
Network Configuration Setting
Select "Reserved Station".
Master station
(Station No.0)
Reserved station
Slave station
(Station No.1)
Slave station
(Station No.2)
(Not actually connected.)
Slave station
(Station No.3)