Optical Attachments To Industrial Ethernet; Multimode Fiber-Optic Cable - Siemens SCALANCE X-200 Operating Instructions Manual

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5.6 Attachment to Industrial Ethernet
5.6.2

Optical attachments to Industrial Ethernet

NOTICE
Failure of the data traffic due to contamination of optical plug-in connections
Optical sockets and plugs are sensitive to contamination of the end face. Contamination
can lead to the failure of the optical transmission network.
Close unused optical sockets and plugs as well as pluggable transceivers and slots with the
supplied protective caps.
Remove the protective caps only immediately before you use the plug-in connection.
5.6.2.1

Multimode fiber-optic cable

Transmission medium
The following X-200 IE switches use multimode fiber-optic cables as the transmission
medium:
● X204-2
● X204-2TS
● X204-2FM
● X206-1
● X212-2
● XF204-2
● XF206-1
● X202-2IRT
● XF204-2BA IRT with corresponding bus adapter
Characteristics:
Transmission speed
Transmission mode
Connectors
Wavelength
Core diameter
Outer diameter
Light source
Maximum range (segment length)
72
100 Mbps
100Base-FX according to IEEE 802.3
BFOC sockets
1300 nm
50 or 62.5 μm
125 μm
LED
5 km
Operating Instructions, 02/2018, C79000-G8976-C284-12
SCALANCE X-200