
B-63983EN/02 3.I/O LINK
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Example of connection for Ver 2.1
I/O Link
master
I/O Link-AS-i
converter unit for
Ver 2.1
Groups 0 and 1
Group 2
Operator's panel
connection unit
AS-i power
supply
AS-i slave AS-i slave
Assignment method for Ver 2.1
For the group number ([GROUP]), set the numbers for two contiguous
groups in the configuration. Set 0 and 1 for the above example of
connection.
For the base number ([BASE]), always set 0.
For the slot number ([SLOT]), always set 1.
An I/O Link-AS-i converter unit occupies 512 points for both input
and output, 256 points (32 bytes) per group. Therefore, the
assignment names per group are the same as for an I/O Link-AS-i
converter unit for Ver 2.0. Set the same assignment names for each
occupied group number.
Group number Input device assignment
name
Output device assignment
name
n OC03I OC03O
n + 1 OC03I OC03O
NOTE
An I/O Link-AS-i converter unit for Ver 2.1 cannot be
used as a converter unit for Ver 2.0 with
assignment data for Ver 2.0.