Configuration Notes: The following figure shows an example of a multimaster network with multiple masters and one slave.
  Fig. 1
The following figure shows a multimaster network with multiple masters that communicate with multiple slaves.
  Fig. 2
The PC with STEP 7 Micro/WIN and the HMI device are both masters. The S7-200 CPUs are slaves in both cases.
Note:
The following cables are multimaster-compatible:
| Product |
MLFB |
| Intelligent RS232/PPI cable with built-in RS232/RS485 converter |
6ES7 901-3CB30-0XA0 |
| Intelligent USB/PPI cable with built-in USB/RS485 converter |
6ES7 901-3DB30-0XA0 |
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