
1.1 The GW3100
1.1.1 What Is the GW3100?
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The GW3100
This section provides an introduction to the GW3100.
1.1.1
What Is the GW3100?
The GW3100 Gateway Unit functions as a gateway between a host controller level MECHA-
TROLINK-III communications network and a MECHATROLINK-II communications subnetwork.
All of the data exchanged between MECHATROLINK-II and MECHATROLINK-III is first saved in
internal memory in the GW3100 and then transmitted cyclically.