Terminating Screened Cable At The Acu; When To Terminate; Figure 2 - Peripheral Mounted In Non-Metal Surface; Figure 3 - Peripheral Mounted On Metal Surface - TDSi EXcel4 User Manual

2.3 Terminating screened cable at the ACU

It may or may not be necessary to terminate cable screens at the ACU end. The
following diagrams show when it is necessary, and how to do it to maximise the
effectiveness of the screening.
2.3.1

When to terminate

The following two diagrams show correct methods of grounding cable shields, where the
peripheral equipment may or may not be connected to ground already.

Figure 2 - Peripheral mounted in Non-Metal surface

Figure 3 - Peripheral mounted on Metal surface

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