Publication 1785-SG001B-EN-P - June 2006
20 Select Network Communications
Select a Network
Configure your system for information exchange between a range of devices
and computing platforms and operating systems.
If your application requires Use this network Select
• High-speed data transfer between information systems and/or a large
quantity of controllers
• Internet/intranet connection
• Program maintenance
EtherNet/IP • 1785-L20E controller
• 1785-L40E controller
• 1785-L80E controller
• Applicable PLC-5
controller with 1785-ENET
interface module
• High-speed transfer of time-critical data between controllers and
I/O devices
• Deterministic and repeatable data delivery
• Program maintenance
• Media redundancy or intrinsic safety options
ControlNet • 1785-L20C15
• 1785-L40C15
• 1785-L80C15
• Connections of low-level devices directly to plant floor controllers,
without the need to interface them through I/O modules
• More diagnostics for improved data collection and fault detection
• Less wiring and reduced start-up time than a traditional,
hard-wired system
DeviceNet PLC-5 controller with
1771-SDN scanner module
• Plant-wide and cell-level data sharing with program maintenance Data Highway Plus All PLC-5 controllers have at
least one built-in,
configurable Data Highway
Plus channel
• Connections between controllers and I/O adapters
• Distributed controllers so that each controller has its own I/O and
communicates with a supervisory controller
Remote I/O All PLC-5 controllers have at
least one built-in,
configurable remote I/O
channel
• Modems
• Messages that send and receive ASCII characters to or from devices
such as ASCII terminals, bar-code readers, message displays, weigh
scales, or printers
• Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
Serial Network All PLC-5 controllers have
one built-in serial port
configurable for RS-232,
RS-423, or RS-422A
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