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Modicon Modbus Plus Network Planning and Installation Guide

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Joining <strong>Modbus</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> <strong>Network</strong>s<br />

How the Bridge<br />

<strong>Plus</strong> Operates<br />

Introducing the <strong>Modbus</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />

The BP85 Bridge <strong>Plus</strong> device connects as a node on each of two <strong>Modbus</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />

networks. The bridge operates as an independent node on each network, receiving<br />

<strong>and</strong> passing tokens according to each networkís address sequence. Bridge plus<br />

devices are not applicable to networks used for distributed I/O applications.<br />

The figure below shows three networks (A,B, <strong>and</strong> C) joined by a pair of bridge plus<br />

devices. The figure shows a single-cable network for simplicity. The bridge plus also<br />

supports dual-cable layouts. One bridge appears on network A at node address 22,<br />

<strong>and</strong> on network B at node 25. The other bridge is on network B at node 20, <strong>and</strong> on<br />

network C at node 20.<br />

network A<br />

node 22<br />

node node node<br />

node 20<br />

BP85<br />

bridge plus<br />

node 20<br />

network B<br />

network C<br />

node<br />

BP85<br />

bridge plus<br />

node 25<br />

Note: Each bridgeís two network addresses are entirely separate <strong>and</strong> can be set<br />

uniquely for each network.<br />

If a data message intended for a remote node is received at one of the bridgeís ports,<br />

the bridge stores the message <strong>and</strong> then forwards it to a node address on the next<br />

network as soon as it has received the token to transmit on that network.<br />

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node<br />

node node node node<br />

node

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