Planning Your Cabling - ABB CoreSense M10 Installation Manual

Planning your cabling

Select cabling according to your communication needs. Refer to the table below for recommended
cable gauge or type.
NOTICE
Table 2 gives a general description of the necessary cables. More detailed information is
found in Appendix B on page 89.
Always comply with national codes and electrical standards.
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Table 2 Recommended cable gauge and type
Cable
power
Ground (earthing)
rS-485
Alarm relays
4–20 mA
SCADA (Ethernet)
OpTICAL (Ethernet)
SErVICE (Ethernet)
USB (service port)
Gauge/Type
Copper-only wire
(stranded WITh FErrULE or solid)
AWG #18 to AWG #12
90 °C 600V, UL and CSA type
10 or 6 AWG
24 AWG
16 or 14 AWG
18 AWG
Category 5 cable
ST-ST full duplex 62.5/125 multi-mode fiber
Category 5 cable
USB key only
Maximum length
15 m (50 ft) (AWG #12)
10 m (33 ft) (AWG #18)
15 m (50 ft)
1220 m (4003 ft)
N/A
N/A
100 m (328 ft)
2000 m (6562 ft)
3 m (10 ft)
N/A
Preparing for installation
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