Roboticsware Support

The difference between public (public protocol) and private (private protocol) in Mitsubishi Electric drivers is as follows.

"Public protocol"	:	Driver implemented in accordance with the "MC protocol" published by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
"Private protocol."	:	Driver implemented with a non-public protocol that is not disclosed by Mitsubishi Electric.

 

For Ethernet connections, it is possible to communicate with either public or private protocols, but unless there is a special reason, public protocols are recommended for performance reasons.
The main reasons for choosing a Private protocol are as follows

• For direct CPU connection via USB
• For direct connection to MELSECNET and CC-Link boards
• To communicate directly with GOT