Issue
Can the ACX57xx be configured to use its RS-485 Infinet comm port to connect to a Netcontroller as an Infinet device?
Environment
ACX5720
ACX5740
Cause
Limited access to Ethernet LAN, want to use the new ACX57xx in the same capacity as the old ACX781 controllers where they were connected as Infinet nodes to a Netcontroller.
Resolution
Although the RS-485 port can be configured for Infinet communications, this is solely for adding subnet controllers off of this ACX57xx. This does not allow configuring the controller to communicate directly on the Infinet network as a slave device.
The ACX57xx was designed to replace, and improve on, the Infinet ACX781. To do this it was given more memory, a faster processor, more Personnel storage space, and secure communications options among other improvements. To accommodate all this it needed to have a larger network pipe for the increased bandwidth. The Ethernet LAN accommodates this bandwidth whereas the Infinet network would have been a major bottleneck.
