National Instruments FIELD POINT Installation Manual

INSTALLATION GUIDE
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The FieldPoint Bus Extender Cable lets you mount a FieldPoint bank in two or three rows.
With the Bus Extender Cable, you can mount rows of modules with terminal blocks
together (bottom-to-bottom) or with terminal blocks apart (top-to-top). Mounting modules
with terminal blocks together lets you use one wiring conduit for two rows of modules.
Caution
per FieldPoint bank.
Caution
before you install the Bus Extender Cable. Do not disconnect a Bus Extender
Cable while the FieldPoint bank is powered on.
Follow these instructions to install a FieldPoint bank with a Bus Extender Cable:
1. Choose a configuration for your FieldPoint bank. Figure 1 shows configuration
examples with two rows. You can use up to three rows.
Terminals Blocks Together
network module
2. Install your network module and terminal bases. Figure 2 shows how to mount terminal
bases with their terminal blocks together. Figure 3 shows how to mount terminal bases
with their terminal blocks apart. For more detailed information on mounting these
devices to a DIN rail or panel, refer to the documentation that came with your
FieldPoint network modules and terminal bases.
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You should not use more than two FieldPoint Bus Extender Cables
Disconnect power from the network module and terminal bases
I/O modules
more I/O modules
FieldPoint Bank Configuration Options
Figure 1.
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network module
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Terminals Blocks Apart
more I/O modules
I/O modules
June 1999