1.5 Ratings and Specifications
1.5.5 Controller Section Specifications
1-18
Communications Function Module Specifications
Item
Specification
Remarks
Abbreviation
218IFD
Com-
mon
Items
Transmission Interface
10Base-T/100Base-TX
−
Number of Communications Ports (Con-
nectors)
1
−
Transmission Protocols
TCP/UDP/IP/ARP/ICMP/
IGMP
−
Ethernet
Commu-
nications
Maximum Number of Communications
Connections
20 + 2 (I/O message commu-
nications)
−
Maximum Number of Communications
Channels
10 + 2 (I/O message commu-
nications)
−
Automatic Reception
Supported.
Not supported for no-
protocol communica-
tions.
Maximum Number of Automatic Recep-
tion Connections
10
−
Automatic Reception Status Monitor
Supported.
−
Maximum
Size of Mes-
sage Com-
munications
MEMOBUS
Write: 100 words
Read: 125 words
−
Extended MEMOBUS
Write: 2,043 words
Read: 2,044 words
−
MELSEC (A-Compatible
1E)
Write: 256 words
Read: 256 words
−
MELSEC (QnA-Compati-
ble 3E)
Write: 960 words
Read: 960 words
−
MODBUS/TCP
Write: 100 words
Read: 125 words
−
OMRON
Write: 996 words
Read: 999 words
−
TOYOPUC
Write: 1,022 words
−
No-protocol
Write: 2,046 words
−
Maximum
Size of I/O
Message
Communica-
tions
MEMOBUS
Write: 100 words
Read: 125 words
−
Extended MEMOBUS
Write: 1,024 words
Read: 1,024 words
−
MELSEC (A-Compatible
1E)
Write: 256 words
Read: 256 words
−
MELSEC (QnA-Compati-
ble 3E)
Write: 256 words
Read: 256 words
−
MODBUS/TCP
Write: 100 words
Read: 125 words
−
OMRON
Write: 996 words
Read: 999 words
−
Execution Conditions
You can select controls (start/
stop) from a ladder program.
−
Execution Status Monitor Supported.
−
MotomanSync-MP
Supported.
−
FTP Server
Supported.
−
FTP Client
Supported.
−
Receive Buffer Mode Selection for No-
protocol Communications
Supported.
−
Engineering
Tools
Communications Plat-
form
Ethernet
−
Controller Searches
Supported.
−
Supported Engineering
Tools
MPE720 version 7 and
S version 7
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