Communication Specifications
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Introduction
The following specifications describe both the I/O communication and the explicit messaging capacities of the 140NOC78000 distributed I/O head module.
I/O Communication Specifications
The 140NOC78000 module presents the following I/O communication features:
Communication Type
Feature
Capacity
EtherNet/IP (CIP Implicit Messaging)
scanner
maximum number of devices
128 devices (125 devices as scanner + 3 devices as adapter) shared with Modbus TCP
maximum message size
511 bytes
adapter
maximum number of instances
3 adapter instances
maximum number of connections
2 connections per instance
maximum message size
511 bytes including header
inputs
505 bytes excluding header
outputs
509 bytes excluding header
Modbus TCP (Modbus Scanner)
maximum number of registers
read
125 registers
write
120 registers
maximum number of devices
128 devices shared with EtherNet/IP
maximum message size
read
250 bytes (125 words) excluding header
write
240 bytes (120 words) excluding header
I/O Data Exchange with the CPU
Feature
Capacity
Comments
maximum total input data size
4 kb
4 kb of data includes user configurable data and overhead. The overhead includes module diagnostic data, data object headers, and the number of headers depending on the user configuration. As a result, the user configurable data size is less than 4kb, but more than 3.5 kb.
maximum total output data size
4 kb
4 kb of data includes user configurable data and overhead. The overhead includes module control data, data object headers, and the number of headers depending on the user configuration. As a result, the user configurable data size is less than 4kb, but more than 3.5 kb.
Explicit Messaging Specifications
The 140NOC78000 module presents the following explicit messaging features:
Communication Type
Feature
Capacity
EtherNet/IP (CIP Explicit Messaging)
client
maximum number of simultaneous connections
16 connections
maximum number of concurrent requests
16 requests, shared with Modbus TCP
server
maximum number of simultaneous connections
32 connections
maximum messaging size
1023 bytes
Modbus TCP (Modbus Explicit Messaging)
client
maximum number of simultaneous connections
16 connections
maximum number of concurrent requests
16 requests, shared with EtherNet/IP
server
maximum number of requests that can be transferred to the CPU per scan
12 connections
maximum number of simultaneous connections
32 connections
maximum message size
read
250 bytes (125 words) excluding header
write
240 bytes (120 words) excluding header