Allen Bradley DF1, Full Duplex and Half-Duplex -- FS-8700-03
FieldServer Driver - Serial

A communications interface solution for Rockwell Automation

Description: DF1 protocol is an Allen-Bradley data-link layer protocol that combines features of subcategories D1 (data transparency) and F1 (two-way simultaneous transmission with embedded responses) of ANSI x3.28 specification. There are two categories of DF1 protocol:

• half-duplex protocol (master-slave communication)
• full-duplex protocol (peer-to-peer communication)

Formal Driver Type: Serial, Client or Server

Connection type: RS-232 or RS-485

Devices Tested:

• SLC 5/01
• SLC 5/02
• SLC 5/03
• SLC 5/04
• PLC 3
• PLC 5