Connection Methods; Node Connection Methods - Omron CS1W-CRM21 Operation Manual

CompoNet Network Wiring
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Connection Methods

Round Cable I or Round Cable II
Master Unit connections
Open Type Connector
Open Type Connector
Master Unit
Trunk line
Flat Cable I or Flat Cable II
Master Unit connections
Flat Connector Plug
Master Unit
Flat Connector Plug
Trunk line
Flat Connector Socket + Flat Connector Plug
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Node Connection Methods

Master Unit
Connections
52
Slave Unit/Repeater
Unit connections
Open Type Connector
Branch line or
sub-branch line
Open Type Connector
Slave/Repeater Unit
Note The Open Type
Connectors can-
not be used for Bit
Slave Units.
Slave Unit/Repeater Unit
connections
Flat Connector Plug
• Word Slave Unit or
Repeater Unit:
Branch line or sub-
branch line
Flat Connector Plug
Slave or Repeater Unit
• Bit Slave Unit:
Flat Connector Plug
Flat Cable (pre-
connected)
Bit Slave Unit
Note A Bit Slave Unit is pre-
connected to a Flat
Cable.
Extending the cable
Flat Connector Socket
Trunk line or sub-trunk line
Flat Connector Plug
Nodes are connected to the CompoNet Network using the methods described
in this section.
Except in unrestricted wiring formations, the Master Unit must always be con-
nected on one end of the trunk line.
Cable branches
T-branch connections
Relay terminal block (commer-
cially available product)
Trunk line, or sub-
Relay terminal block
trunk line
Branch line or
sub-branch line
Slave/Repeater Unit
T-branch connections
Flat Connector Socket + Flat
Connector Plug
Flat Connector Socket
Trunk line, Sub-trunk
line or Branch line
Branch line or
sub-branch line
Flat Connector Plug
Flat Connector Plug (or the
attached cable)
Slave Unit or Repeater Unit
Flat Connector Socket
Trunk line or sub-trunk line
Flat Connector Plug
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Multidrop connections
Open Type Connector
Trunk line, sub-trunk
Open Type Connector
line, or branch line
Slave/Repeater Unit
Cable branches
Multidrop connections
Multidrop Connector
Multidrop Connector
Trunk line,
sub-trunk line, or branch line
Slave Unit or
Repeater Unit
Flat Connector
Flat Connector
Plug
Plug
Note Flat Cable II (sheathed
cables) cables do not
support multidrop con-
nection by Multidrop
Connectors.