Danfoss FC 300 Design Manual page 232

11 RS-485 Installation and Set-up
11.1.3 RS 485 Bus Termination
Use the terminator dip switch on the main control board of the frequency
converter to terminate the RS-485 bus.
NB!
The factory setting for the dip switch is OFF.
11.1.4 EMC Precautions
The following EMC precautions are recommended in order to achieve interference-free operation of the RS-485 network.
NB!
Relevant national and local regulations, for example regarding protective earth connection, must be observed. The RS-485 communi-
cation cable must be kept away from motor and brake resistor cables to avoid coupling of high frequency noise from one cable to
another. Normally a distance of 200 mm (8 inches) is sufficient, but keeping the greatest possible distance between the cables is
generally recommended, especially where cables run in parallel over long distances. When crossing is unavoidable, the RS-485 cable
must cross motor and brake resistor cables at an angle of 90 degrees.
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The FC protocol, also referred to as FC bus or Standard bus, is the Danfoss standard fieldbus. It defines an access technique according to the master-
slave principle for communications via a serial bus.
One master and a maximum of 126 slaves can be connected to the bus. The individual slaves are selected by the master via an address character in the
telegram. A slave itself can never transmit without first being requested to do so, and direct message transfer between the individual slaves is not possible.
Communications occur in the half-duplex mode.
The master function cannot be transferred to another node (single-master system).
The physical layer is RS-485, thus utilizing the RS-485 port built into the frequency converter. The FC protocol supports different telegram formats; a
short format of 8 bytes for process data, and a long format of 16 bytes that also includes a parameter channel. A third telegram format is used for texts.
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Terminator Switch Factory Setting
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