Momentum Sales & Marketing Modbus Plus 170 PNT Series - Manual (Page 28)

Modbus Plus for DIO Servicing
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Modbus Plus Network Layouts
Overview This section provides two examples of Modbus Plus network layouts using
communication adapters in a distributed I/O control application.
Note that only one programmable controller and the required I/O nodes are present
in this kind of application.
Single Cable
Example The figure below illustrates a single cable configuration.
170 PNT 110 20
with
I/O bases
Node 4 Node 2 Node 5 Node 3
Node 1
Programmable
Controller
with
Modbus Plus
Port
Network Trunk Cable Tap
I/O field device wiring
Drop Cable