Using the I/OBus Port
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Guidelines for I/OBus Networks
Overview This section gives guidelines for creating an I /OBus network using a Momentum
CPU as bus master.
Length The maximum distance between the Momentum CPU master and the farthest sl ave
is 13 km (8 mi).
Distance
Between Nodes The maximum distance between nodes is 400 m (1300 ft.).
Number of
Devices A network may consist of as many as 256 nodes, including one Momentum CPU
bus master and up to 255 slave I/O devices.
Acceptable Slave
Devices An I/OBus slave device can be:
lA Momentum I/O base with a 170 INT 110 00 Interbus Communication Ada pter
mounted on it
lA Modicon Terminal Block I/O module enabled for Interbus communications
lA standard Interbus module designed by a third party manufacturer
Unacceptable
Slave Devices The I/OBus network does not support Interbus-compatible devices that require the
Interbus PCP protocol.
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Note: Processors that support IEC are limited to a maximum number of 1408
used I/O points, regardless of the number of modules.