How to read the table
To check how cables of different types must be laid, follow the steps outlined below:
1. Find the cable type of the first cable in column 1 (Cables for ...).
2. Find the cable type of the second cable in the relevant section in column 2 (and cables
3. Read the guidelines for laying the cables in column 3 (lay ...).
Table 11 Cabling within buildings
Cables for ...
Bus signals, shielded
(PROFIBUS, Industrial
Ethernet)
Bus signals, unshielded
(ASInterface)
Passive network components
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3.3 Guidelines for setting up networked automation systems in buildings
for ...).
Installing network components in cabinets
and cables for ...
Bus signals, shielded
(PROFIBUS, Industrial
Ethernet)
Bus signals, unshielded
(ASInterface)
Data signal, shielded
(PG, OP, printer, counter inputs
etc.)
Analog signals, shielded
DC voltage
(v 60 V), unshielded
Process signals
(v 25 V), shielded
AC voltage
(v 25 V), unshielded
Monitors (coaxial cable)
DC voltage
(u 60 V and v 400 V),
unshielded
AC voltage
(u 25 V and v 400 V),
unshielded
DC and AC voltage
(u 400 V), unshielded
HF cables for transmitter high
level stages and transmitter
antennas with voltages from 10
to 1000 V
Lay ...
In common bundles or cable
channels
In separate bundles or cable
channels (no minimum
clearance required)
Within closets:
In separate bundles or cable
channels (no minimum
clearance required)
Outside closets:
On separate cable paths with at
least 10 cm clearance
Lay HF cables in steel pipes
with multiple ground points; at
least 30 cm clearance
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