Device Connections To Protonode; Rs-485 / Rs-232 - MSA FieldServer ProtoNode FPC-N34 Startup Manual

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The top 3 pin port will always be R1, unless it's a LonWorks ProtoNode in which case the port designation is LonWorks (and

the port is 2 pins). The bottom 6 pin port will be R2.

NOTE: The 6 pin port can be RS-232, RS-485, M-Bus or KNX (and we use the left 3 pins for this as currently

shown).

4.2

Device Connections to ProtoNode

ProtoNode 6 Pin Phoenix connector for Devices

• The 6 pin Phoenix connector type is the same for each pair of ProtoNode units.

◦ For example the FPC-N34 (BACnet) and FPC-N35 (LonWorks) both use RS-485 for the 6 Pin Phoenix connector

• Pins 1 through 3 are for the model specific device connections (FPC-N34 example shown below; for other units check

the Interface Connections Table in Section

◦ The GND (Pin 3) is not typically connected

• Pins 4 through 6 are for power. Do not connect power until Section

11.7

Specifications).

5 Power up the

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