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Item Specifications
Communication speed 1 Gbps, 100 Mbps (Full-duplex recommended
Communication method Time sharing method, Time managed polling method
Synchronization function IEEE802.1AS
Number of nodes connected to one network 64,770 devices (total of master/device stations)
For address Class A of IP address, up to 65,535 nodes can be connected.
Maximum distance between nodes
  • Optical fiber (multimode fiber compliant with IEEE 802.3): 550 m
  • Optical fiber (SI-POF): 20 m
  • Optical fiber (SI-HPCF): 100 m
  • Twisted pair cable (compliant with IEEE 802.3): 100 m
Maximum number of branches No upper limit
Maximum cyclic size per station Max. 4 G (4,294,967,296) octet in total per station
Transient transmission With the server function and client function for each station.
Transmission capacity is the same as SLMP.
Topology Line, star, line/star mixed, ring

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

Item Specifications
Transmission point extended mode Normal mode
Communication speed 1 Gbps
No. of nodes connected to a single network 120 units (1 management node and 119 normal nodes)
Max. number of networks 239
Max. number of groups 32 (may be registered to multiple groups)
Maximum distance between nodes
  • Optical fiber cable (IEEE802.3 compliant multimode fiber): 550 m
  • Twisted pair cable (IEEE802.3 compliant): 100 m
Max. number of link points pernetwork LB 32 K points (32768 points, 4 K octets)
LW 128 K points (131072 points, 256 K octets)
LX 8 K points (8192 points, 1024 octets)
LY 8 K points (8192 points, 1024 octets)
Maximum number of link points per station LB 32 K points (32768 points, 4 K octets) 16 K points (16384 points, 2 K octets)
LW 128 K points (131072 points, 256 K octets) 16 K points (16384 points, 2 K octets)
LX 8 K points (8192 points, 1024 octets)
LY 8 K points (8192 points, 1024 octets)
Transient transmission capacity UP to 960 octets (data section)
Topology
  • Optical fiber cable: Ring
  • Twisted pair cable: Line, star, line/star mixed, ring

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

Item Specifications
Communication speed 1Gbps
Ethernet Standards IEEE802.3ab (1000BASE-T) compliant
Communication media Shielded twisted pair cable (Category 5e), RJ-45 connector, M12
Communication control method Token passing method
No. of nodes connected to a single network 254 modules (total of master and device stations)
Maximum station-to-station distance 100 m
Cyclic communication Control signal (bit data): max. 32768 bits (4096 bytes)
RX (device station  master station): 16384 bits
RY (master station  device station): 16384 bits
Control data (word data): Max. 16384 words (32768 bytes)
RWr (device station  master station): 8192 words
RWw (master station  device station): 8192 words
Transient transmission
(message communication)		 Message size: Max. 2048 bytes
Topology Line, star, line/star mixed, ring

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

Item Specifications
Communication speed 100 Mbps
* Must support 100 Mbps (1 Gbps support is optional.)
Implementation method Software
Cable Ethernet category 5e or higher
Max. number of connected stations per network (open specification) 64
Cyclic communication Supported
Max. number of link points/network RX, RY 512 octets each (4 K points)
RWr, RWw 4 K octets each (2 K points)
Max. number of link points/station
(More than one station can be occupied.)		 RX, RY 8 octets each (64 points) (fixed)
RWr, RWw 64 octets each (32 points) (fixed)
Link scan time (16 stations connected) 10 ms
Transient transmission Possible (max. 2 K octets)
Mix of communication protocols, TCP and IP Supported
Topology Line, star

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

CC-Link V1.10/V2 Specifications

If the entire system consists of V1.10/V2 devices, this provides benefits as follows:

If the entire system consists of V1.10/V2 devices, this provides benefits as follows:
  • 1.The shortest inter-station cable length is 20 cm under. (when using cable Version 1.10)
  • 2.Flexibility of cable length reduces work when wiring devices.
  • 3.When devices are mounted adjacent to one another, there is no extra cable required, therefore you can use space more efficiently
  • 4.Different brand cables can be used within a single system. If a system uses device stations compatible with Version 1.00, 1.10 and 2.00, and cables compatible with cable Version 1.00 and 1.10, then follow the cable Version 1.00 specification for maximum overall cable extension length and inter-station cable length.
Items Specifications
Version 1.10 Version 2.00 (V2)
Control specifications Maximum
number of
link points		 Remote I/O
(RX, RY)		 2048
points
each
 8192 points each
Remote
register
(RWr)		 256
words		 2048 words
(Device station to Master station)
Remote
register
(RWw)		 256
words		 2048 words
(Master station to Device station)
Extended cyclic setting - 1 time
setting		 2 time
setting		 4 time
setting		 8 time
setting
Number
of link
points per
unit		 1
station
occupied 		RX, RY 32 points each
 32
points
each		 64
points
each		 128
points
each
RWr,RWw 4 words 8
words each		 16
words each		 32
words each
2
stations
occupied 		RX, RY 64 points each 96
points
each		 192
points
each		 384
points
each
RWr,RWw 8 words 16
words each		 32
words each		 64
words each
3
stations
occupied 		RX, RY 96 points each 160
points
each		 320
points
each 		640
points
each
RWr,RWw 12 words 24
words each		 48
words each		 96
words each
4
stations
occupied 		RX, RY 128 points each 224
points
each

448
points
each

896
points
each
RWr,RWw 16 words 32
words each		 64
words each		 128
words each
Maximum number of
occupied stations		 4 stations
Communication specification Communication speed 10M / 5M / 2.5M / 625k / 156kbps
Communication system Broadcast polling system
Synchronization system Frame synchronization system
Encoding system NRZI
Transmission path format

Bus format (EIA RS485 conformance)
Transmission format HDLC conformance
Error control system CRC (X16+X12+X5+1)
Max. number of units connected 64 units
The number of device station 1 - 64
Max. overall cable extension length and inter-station cable length

CC-Link Ver 1.10 compatible cable (Using 110Ω terminators)

squareCC-Link cable Version 1.10 (Using 110Ω terminators)
Communication
speed		 Inter-station cable
length		 Max. overall cable
extension length
156kbps 20 cm or longer 1200m
625kbps 900m
2.5Mbps 400m
5Mbps 160m
10Mbps 80m
20 cm or longer* 100m*

If a system uses device stations compatible with Version 1.00, 1.10 and 2.00, and cables compatible with cable Version 1.00 and 1.10, then follow the cable Version 1.00 specification for maximum overall cable extension length and inter-station cable length.

  • * When the maximum total cable length (maximum transmission distance) exceeds 80m at a transmission speed of 10Mbps, there are restrictions in addition to the minimum station-to-station cable length of 20cm.
    For details, please refer to the CC-Link Cable Wiring Manual(CC0811-06).

Connection cable

CC-Link cable Version 1.10
(Shielded, 3-core twisted pair cable)

* Mixture of different brand cables is possible only when they are all CC-Link cable Version 1.10 compatible cables.

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

CC-Link Ver. 1.00 model (Differences from Ver. 1.10)

There are two differences in specifications between CC-Link Ver. 1.10 and Ver. 1.00 as shown below.

  • Max. overall cable extension length and inter-station cable length
  • Connection cable
Items Specifications
Max. overall cable
extension length and
inter-station cable length

Specifications
  • *1:Inter-station cable length between remote I/O or remote device stations
  • *2:Inter-station cable length between the master station and a local station or between an intelligent device station and the preceding or following station
squareVer.1.00 compatible CC-Link dedicated cable (Characteristic Impedance: 100Ω type)
Communication speed Inter-station cable length Max. overall cable extension length
*1 *2
156Kbps 30cm or over 1m or over (A)
/
2m or over (B)		 1200m
625Kbps 600m
2.5Mbps 200m
5Mbps 30cm to 59cm* 110m
60cm or over 150m
10Mbps 30cm to 59cm* 50m
60cm to 99cm* 80m
1m or over 100m
  • (A):1m or longer: In the case of a system comprising only remote I/O or remote device stations
  • (B):2m or longer: In the case of a system comprising local and intelligent device stations
  • *If even a cable between remote I/O or remote device stations is to be wired within this range, the maximum overall cable length shown above applies.
Connection cable

CC-Link Ver. 1.10 compatible cable (Shielded, 3-core twisted pair cable)
* Only single vendor use in case of Ver.1.00 cable.

How to distinguish cables

Regarding the logo placement, please contact the manufacturer for the CC-Link cable Version 1.10 product.

squareCable Identification

How to distinguish cables

Branch communication specification (Repeater; non-powered T-branch)

System configuration System configuration

Communication specification not described below shall conform to CC-Link specification.
Specification of T-Branch (powered) connections

Items Specifications Remarks
Communication speed 625kbps 156kbps 10M / 5M / 2.5Mbps not possible
Max. trunk line length 100m 500m Cable length between the terminators. Length of branch cable not included.
Max. branch line length 8m Overall cable length for one branch line
Overall branch line length 50m 200m Overall cable length of all the branch lines
Max. number of units
connected to branch line		 6 units / Branch Total number of connectable units depends on CC-Link specification.
Connection cable CC-Link certified cable
(e.g.: FANC-SB, CSFV-SLAB, 100ZCLK-SB-20AWGX3C)
  • CC-Link Cable Version 1.00 high-performance cable can not be used
  • CC-Link Cable Version 1.00 cables from different manufacturers can not be used together
    (Refer to CC-Link catalog for maker list)
T-Branch
Terminal blocks /Connectors
  • Terminal block.
    commercially available terminal blocks
  • Connector for FA sensors:
    NECA4202 (IEC947-5-2)
    (NECA: Standards of Nippon Electric Control Equipment Industries Association)
  • Connect trunk lines stripping the wire as little as possible.
Max. Trunk line length, Inter T-Branch length and Inter station length

Max. Trunk line length, Inter T-Branch length and Inter station length

squareCC-Link cable Version 1.10 (110W terminators)
Communication
speed		 Max.trunk
line length		 Inter
T-Branch
length		 Inter station
length for Remote
I/O or Remote
device stations *1		 Inter station length
for Master, Local,
Intelligent device
stations, and their
adjacent stations. *2
625kbps 100m Unlimited More than 30cm More than 1 m (*1)/
More than 2 m (*2)
156kbps 500m
Specifications
  Ver. 1.12 (CC-Link Safety) Ver. 1.00 (Reference)
Communication speed 10M/5M/2.5M/625K/156Kbps
Communication method Broadcast polling
Synchronization method Frame synchronization method
Encoding method NRZI
Transmission path format Bus format (EIA RS485 compliant)
Transmission format HDLC compliant
Error control system CRC16 (X16+X12+X5+1)
CRC32*1 -
Maximum number of link points
  • S-RY: 2,048bits
  • S-RX: 2,048bits
  • S-RWw: 128words
  • S-RWr: 128words
Note:
When the system configuration includes standard stations, the maximum number of safety station link points decreases. (Refer to the next page.)
  • RY: 2,048bits
  • RX: 2,048bits
  • RWw: 256words
  • RWr: 256words
Number of link points per module Refer to Table 5.7. Refer to Table 5.8.
Maximum number of occupied stations 2 stations 4 stations
Transient transmission(per 1 LS) Not applicable 960 bytes, maximum
[150 byte M*2 ID/L*3], 34 bytes (ID/L M)]
Number. of connected modules (1×a)+(2×b)+(3×c)+(4×d)≤ 64 stations
a: No. of modules with 1 occupied station
b: No. of modules with 2 occupied stations
c: No. of modules with 3 occupied stations
d: No. of modules with 4 occupied stations

(16×A)+[54×(B+D+E)]≤ 2,304

  • A:No. of standard remote I/O stations
  • B:No. of standard remote device stations
  • D:No. of safety remote I/O stations
  • E:No. of safety remote device stations
Note:
With a configuration of safety stations only, the maximum number of connected stations is 42.

(16×A)+(54×B)+(88×C)≤ 2,304

  • A:No. of standard remote I/O stations
  • B:No. of standard remote device stations
  • C:No. of standard local stations and standard intelligent device stations
Device station numbers 1 to 64
Cable CC-Link dedicated cable (shielded 3-wire twisted pair cable)
  • *1: CRC32 generating polynomial:X32+X26+X23+X22+X16+X12+X11+X10+X8+X7+X5+X4+X2+X+1(identical to IEEE802.3)
  • *2: Standard master station
  • *3: Standard intelligent device station / Standard local station
    Of the above-described specifications, the communication speed and number of connected modules do not necessarily require all the specification elements stated.
squareTable 5.6 Station Configuration and No. of Link Points (Example)
Station Configuration No. of Link Points
Link points with only safety stations connected (Case 1)
→32 safety stations (with 2 stations occupied for each) are connected 		*Link points of S-RY/S-RX: 64 bits x 32 modules = 2,048 bits
*Link points of S-RWw/S-RWr: 4 words x 32 modules = 128 words
Link points with only safety stations connected (Case 2)
→42 safety stations (with 1 station occupied for each) are connected		 *Link points of S-RY/S-RX: 32 bits x 42 modules = 1,344 bits
*Link points of S-RWw/S-RWr: 0 word x 42 modules = 0 word
Link points with safety stations and standard stations
→1 standard station and 30 stations (both with 2 stations occupied) are connected 		*Link points of S-RY/S-RX: 64 bits x 30 modules = 1,920 bits
*Link points of RY/RX: 64 bits x 1 module = 64 bits
*Link points of S-RWw/S-RWr: 4 words x 30 modules = 120 words
*Link points of RWw/RWr: 8 words x 1 module = 8 words
squareTable 5.7 No. of Link Points per Safety Device Station in CC-Link Safety (Ver.1.12, Ver.1.13)
Link device 1 Occupied Station 2 Occupied Stations
S-RX/S-RY 32 bits each 64 bits each
S-RWw/S-RWr   4 words each
squareTable 5.8 No. of Link Points per Device Station in CC-Link (Ver.1.10)
Link device 1 Occupied Station 2 Occupied Stations 3 Occupied Stations 4 Occupied Stations
RX/RY 32 bits each 64 bits each 96 bits each 128 bits each
RWw/RWr 4 words each 8 words each 12 words each 16 words each

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

    4-point
mode		 8-point
mode		 16-point
mode
CC-Link/LT specification Max. number of link points 256 points
(512 points)*		 512 points
(1024 points)*		 1024 points
(2048 points)*
Number of link points per station 4 points
(8 points)*		 8 points
(16 points)*		 16 points
(32 points)*
Link scan time
(ms)		 When 32 stations
are connected		 Number of points 128 points 256 points 512 points
2.5Mbps 0.7 0.8 1.0
625Kbps 2.2 2.7 3.8
156Kbps 8.0 10.0 14.1
When 64 stations
are connected		 Number of points 256 points 512 points 1024 points
2.5Mbps 1.2 1.5 2.0
625Kbps 4.3 5.4 7.4
156Kbps 15.6 20.0 27.8
Communication specification

Communication speed

 2.5Mbps / 625Kbps / 156Kbps
Communication system BITR method (Broadcast polling + Interval Timed Response)
Transmission path format T-branch format
Error control system CRC
Max. number of units connected 64 units
Device station number 1 to 64
Max. number of connected modules to branch line 8 units / Branch
Inter station length Unlimited
Inter T-branch length Unlimited
Master station connection position Connected to the end of the main line
RAS functions Network diagnostics, internal loopback diagnostics, device station disconnection, and automatic return
Connection cable Dedicated flat cable (0.75mm2×4),
Dedicated high flexible cable (0.75mm2×4),
VCTF cable
(JIS C 3306 conformance, 0.75mm2×4)
  • *:This is the address numbers of link points in case of using the same address numbers for input and output.

For more details, please refer to the Network Specifications sheets.

CC-Link/LT wiring specification

CC-Link/LT wiring specification

Items Specifications Remarks
Communication speed 2.5Mbps 625Kbps 156Kbps  
Inter-station length Unlimited  
Max. number of
connected modules to
branch line		 8 units / Branch  
Max trunk line length 35m 100m 500m Cable length between terminators.
(Length of branch cable not included.)
Inter T-branch length Unlimited  
Max. branch line length 4m 16m 60m Overall cable length for one branch line
Overall branch line length 15m 50m 200m Overall length of all the branch lines
  • Branch lines can be used together with dedicated flat cables, VCTF cables or cables exclusively for movable portions.
  • Different types of cables cannot be used together within the main line.
  • Different types of cables cannot be used together within the same branch line.
  • Install the master station at either end of the main line.
  • Install a terminating resistor within 20 cm of the master station.
  • Branch lines cannot be wired from any branch line.
  • *1:Include the length of any branch from any branch line in the overall branch line length.

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