LINK Systems LinkNet I - Manual (Page 7)

LinkNet
2.1
manual rev 2.1 March 25, 1999
Figure 2.1: Daisy Chained Network Example
2. Installation
LinkNet is connected to each piece of equipment
in a bussed arrangement commonly called “daisy
chaining”. The means that the communications
cable goes from the computer to the first machine,
from the first machine to the second, from the
second to the third, and so on as shown in Figure
2.1.
The “Drop Boxes” shown in the figure are small
boxes that contain plugable terminal strips. The
boxes are mounted on the press and serve as
junctions for the network wire to come in to the
machine, go out to the next machine, and drop to
Link equipment on the press. In addition, the boxes
can contain circuitry (called a repeater) to enable the
network to work with extremely long cable lengths
or with more than 32 machines.