Data Highway Plus Industrial Local Area Network Overview

Data Highway Plus Industrial Local Area Network Overview

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The Data Highway Plus (DH+) network is a local area network that is very simple to implement. It is designed to provide simple communication between PLCs, SLCs and PCs.

Specifications

Cabling (1770-CD shielded twinaxial):
• trunkline - 10,000 ft max.
• droplines - 100 ft max.
Transmission Characteristics • token passing
• 57.6 kbit/s
• 230 kbit/s on selected products
Operating Temperature • 1770-KF2: 0…50 °C (32…122 °F)
• all other Data Highway Plus backplane-resident modules: 0…60 °C (32…140 °F)
  

Typical Configuration

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