Ultrasonic Sensor; Cutting The Cable - Xylem MJK Shuttle Manual

Mounting

Ultrasonic sensor

The ultrasonic sensor is delivered as stand-
ard with 12 metres of cable. The ultrasonic
sensor can be delivered with up to 100 m of
cable on order, or the standard 12 m cable
can be extended to max. 100 m.
The cable is a special low capacity cable,
so extensions should always
be made with the same type of cable.
On of the most common faults on a Shuttle
installation is bad or faulty cable connec-
tions or using cables that dose not meet the
required specifications.
It is recommended to use connection
box 200590 if the sensor cable must be
extended.
To ultrasonic
sensor
Max.
100 m !
The ultrasonic sensor cable has 5 wires with
both color code and number:
Number: Color: Designation:
1 Brown Ultrasonic pulse
2 Red
3 Orange Temperature compensation
4 Yellow
5 Black Shield ➀
➀ This wire is connected to the cable shield.
The wires are mounted according to the
terminal markings on the connection box
PCB and on the Shuttle
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Cutting the cable

The cable is delivered with the wires
stripped as shown with the black wire (no.
5) soldered to the shield:
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When the cable is cut, only 4 wires will
appear:
To Shuttle
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level
transmitter
When the cable has been cut, the shield
should be mounted in terminal 5 instead
When the ultrasonic sensor is mounted and
connected correctly, the Shuttle
respectively.
connected to the power supply.
See section 'Get started'.
10
of the black wire !
can be
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