Forming The Bus Cable - Siemens SIMOVERT FC Series Operating Instructions Manual

SLB - SIMOLINK Board
4.2

Forming the bus cable

Fiber-optic cables
Connecting the cable
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SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES
Plastic fiber-optic cables are used for connecting the optional board to
SIMOLINK.
The distance between two nodes is permitted to be up to 40 m. The total length
of the ring bus is permitted to be up to 1000 m.
Proceed as follows to connect up the fiber-optic cable:
♦ Cut off the required length of fiber-optic cable at a right-angle to the cable
using a sharp knife.
♦ Insert the cable into the connector.
♦ Close the connector until the connector lock snaps into place.
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Cut off fiber-optic Insert fiber-optic
cable cable into connector
Fig. 4-2 Connecting the cable
Operating Instructions
Connecting-up
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Close
connector
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