6-3
Section
Commands and Responses for the Support Board
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Connection Type: Wired/Optical (response)
0: Wired
1: Optical Ring
Not used
Bit
Maximum Number of Supported Nodes
00: 32 nodes
01: 62 nodes
Transmission Path
0: Token bus
1: Token ring
Note
When optical and optical ring connections
are combined, the maximum number of
nodes supported will be given as 62 nodes
for an optical ring connection even if the max-
imum number of nodes is 32.
Node address (response): The Support Board’s node address is returned be-
tween 01 and 3E Hex (1 to 62).
Unit address (response): The unit address set for the Support Board is re-
turned between 10 and 1F Hex (16 to 31). It is returned even when a unit address
setting error is generated.
Network address (response): The network address set for the Support Board
in the routing table is returned between 00 and 7F Hex (0 to 127). If the routing
table setting has not been made, 00 Hex is returned.
6-3-5 CONTROLLER STATUS READ
Reads the Controller Link Support Board’s controller status.
Command Block
01
06
Command
code
Response Block
06
01
00
00
00
00
00
Response code
Command
code
Operating status
Status 1
Status 2
Status 3
Status 4
Status 5
Count 1
Count 8
Network participa-
tion status
Status 6
Total 6 bytes
Total 8 bytes
Operating status (response): The operating status of the data links is as fol-
lows:
00 (Hex): Data links inactive.
01 (Hex): Data links active.
02 (Hex): Local data links not active. (The data links are active in the net-
work, but the source node is not participating.)
Status 1, Status 4, Status 6 (response): Not used by Controller Link. Always
set to 00 (Hex).
Parameters
