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Rockwell Automation 1788-EN2PAR EtherNet/IP and ControlNet to PROFIBUS PA Linking Device User Manual User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1788-UM058B-EN-P - September 2014

Chapter 2

Set Up in the Studio 5000 Logix Designer Application

Master and media redundancy can run simultaneously as shown in

Figure 5

.

Figure 5 - MultiMaster and Media Redundancy

More junction boxes can be added to the dual trunk. See

Appendix B

for valid

redundancy configurations.

Limitations

A maximum of two linking devices can be added to one network.

Benefits

Master redundancy protects against loss of communication to a master device,
and failure on a master device.

IMPORTANT

When using dual trunk architecture, use the 1788-PARJB junction box.