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IP Addresses in FINS Communications Section 5-2
Models that Can Use the
Combined Method
5-2-5 Pairing IP Addresses and FINS Node Addresses
The following table shows the methods for pairing IP address and FINS node
addresses, and the relation between fixed and variable address, for both
FINS/UDP and FINS/TCP.
Product Model/Series/
Version Supports combined
method?
CS-series Ethernet
Unit 100BASE-TX CS1W-ETN21 Yes
10BASE-5 CS1W-ETN01 No
10BASE-T CS1W-ETN11 No
CJ-series Ethernet
Unit 100BASE-TX CJ1W-ETN21 Yes
10BASE-T CJ1W-ETN11 No
CV/CVM1-series
Ethernet Unit 10BASE-5 CV500-ETN01 No
FinsGateway Version 4.xx or
lower No
Version 2003 or
higher Yes
Programmable Terminal NS Series No: Set manually. FINS
communications are not
possible with personal
computers set automati-
cally by DHCP.
Open Network Controller (ONC) ---
Communi-
cations
method
Method of pairing
of IP addresses
and FINS node
addresses
IP address determination Client (personal
computer of PLC) Server (PLC)
FINS node
address IP address FINS node
address IP address
FINS/UDP By pairing FINS
node addresses with
IP addresses in
Ethernet
IP address
conversion Automatic gen-
eration method
(static)
Fixed Fixed Fixe d Fixed
Automatic gen-
eration method
(dynamic)
Fixed Fixed or
variable Fixed Fixed
IP address table
method Fixed Fixed or
variable Fixed Fixed
Combined
method Fixed Fixed or
variable Fixed Fixed
FINS/TCP By automatic conver-
sion of FINS node
addresses at Ether-
Net/IP Unit and
remote node (and
then sending and
receiving data)
Automatic Connection
method (auto-
matic FINS
node address
conversion)
Fixed or
can be allo-
cated auto-
matically
when not
determined.
Fixed or
variable Fixed Fixed