MelsecNet is a protocol developed and supported by

Mitsubishi Electric , established on 15 January 1921, is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi. The products from MELCO include elevators a ...

for data delivery. MelsecNet supports 239 networks. MelsecNet protocol has two variants. MELSECNET/H and its predecessor MELSECNET/10 use high speed and redundant functionality to give deterministic delivery of large data volumes. Both variants can use either

coaxial In geometry, coaxial means that several three-dimensional linear or planar forms share a common axis. The two-dimensional analog is ''concentric''. Common examples: A coaxial cable is a three-dimensional linear structure. It has a wire conduc ...

bus type or optical loop type for transmission. Coaxial bus type uses the

token bus Token bus is a network implementing a Token Ring protocol over a ''virtual ring'' on a coaxial cable. A token is passed around the network nodes and only the node possessing the token may transmit. If a node doesn't have anything to send, the t ...

method with overall distance of but optical loop type uses the

Token Ring Token Ring network IBM hermaphroditic connector with locking clip. Screen contacts are prominently visible, gold-plated signal contacts less so. Token Ring is a computer networking technology used to build local area networks. It was introduc ...

method and can support a distance up to . MELSECNET/H can support a maximum of 19,200 bytes/frame and maximum communication speed of 25 Mbit/s. MELSECNET/10 supports 960 bytes/frame and a baud rate of 10 Mbit/s. Mitsubishi provides a manual for both the variants Melsecnet/H and MelsecNet/10.manual
/ref>

Features

* Easy

personal computer A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or tech ...

HMI HMI may refer to: Companies and organizations * Hahn-Meitner-Institut, now Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, a German research institute * Hanson Musical Instruments, a manufacturer of electric guitars * Hartz Mountain Industries, an American holding com ...

and PLC connection * High-speed data communications with large data volumes * Reliable and

robust Robustness is the property of being strong and healthy in constitution. When it is transposed into a system, it refers to the ability of tolerating perturbations that might affect the system’s functional body. In the same line ''robustness'' ca ...

data transfers * Redundancy functions * 10/25

megabaud In telecommunication and electronics, baud (; symbol: Bd) is a common unit of measurement of symbol rate, which is one of the components that determine the speed of communication over a data channel. It is the unit for symbol rate or modulatio ...

data transfer rates * Maximum network distance 30 km, up to 255 segments * Simple configuration, remote programming * Floating master

References

External links

Mitsubishi Europe
Industrial computing Serial buses Industrial automation Mitsubishi Electric products, services and standards {{compu-network-stub