User's Manual

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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1.8 SUBNET16™ MULTIDROP PROTOCOL
The HF-CNTL-485-01 model includes support for Escort Memory Systems’ Subnet16™
Multidrop RFID networking protocol. Under the Subnet16 protocol, up to 16 HF-CNTL-
485-01 RFID Controllers can be connected via a trunk and tap network to an Industrial
Ethernet Subnet16™ Gateway (GWY-01-IND-01) or TCP/IP Subnet16™ Gateway
(GWY-01-TCP-01) interface module.
HF-CNTL-485-01 models can also be connected directly to an Industrial Ethernet
Subnet16™ Hub (HUB-04-IND-01) or TCP/IP Subnet16™ Hub (HUB-04-TCP-01)
interface module. The Subnet16™ Hubs have four independent controller ports, four
digital inputs and four digital outputs.
Figure 1-9: Industrial Ethernet Subnet16™ Gateway and Hub