Omron Sysmac NX-TBX01, User Manual

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1 Features and System Configuration
1 - 2 NX-series System Units User’s Manual (W523)
1-1 Features and Types of System Units
This section describes features and types of System Units.
System Units are Units used to build the system for separating power supply systems or supplying
power in the midstream in a CPU Rack or a Slave Terminal.
The NX-series System Units provide the following features.
Additional Information
CPU Rack
A CPU Rack is a rack to which a CPU Unit is mounted. For an NX1P2 CPU Unit, a CPU Rack
is configured to have a CPU Unit with NX Units and an End Cover mounted to it.
Slave Terminal
Slave Terminal is a generic name for a building block-type remote I/O terminal that contains a
group of NX Units connected to a Communications Coupler Unit.
NX Unit NX-series System Units can be connected to the following Units.
*1
• NX-series CPU Unit
• NX-series Communications Coupler Unit
When a CPU Unit and a Communications Coupler Unit are used together, you can unify the methods
for installing, wiring, and setting up NX Units, and eventually reduce design costs.
*1. For whether NX Units can be connected to the CPU Unit or Communications Coupler Unit to be used, refer to
the user’s manual for the CPU Unit or Communications Coupler Unit to be used.
1-1-1 System Unit Features
Can be Connected to a CPU Unit or Communications Coupler Unit
NX Units: NX-series System Units
NX-series EtherCAT Coupler Unit
NX-series NX1P2 CPU Unit
Example: