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FS-8700-40 SBT FSI Driver Manual
3.2
RS-232 Connection to the XLS Panel
Configure the NIM-1R
to open (or OFF).
The ports on the RPM can be configured for either RS-232 or RS-485, but not both together. Connection
to the RS-485 port of the RPM has not been tested and is not supported.
The FieldServer can be connected to either Port 1 or Port 3 on the XLS Panel as described in the
connection drawing. Pins 6 and 7 on the Port 2 Connector must be jumpered to enable RS-232 Port 3.
Brown
FieldServer Part #
8917-16
Pigtail for RJ45
Port
Connect to one of the RS-232
Ports on the FieldServer
FieldServer
Connector Pinouts for RS-232 Ports
RJ-45
Wire Color
Pin
Signal
Brown
1
Rx
White/Orange
8
Tx
Blue/white
4
GND
4
Note that NIM-1R is no longer supported by Siemens and is therefore considered to be legacy while NIM-1W is common.
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or NIM-1W for Foreign System Interface (FSI) by setting all of the switches in SW2
Blue/white
Orange/White
8
1
RS-232 Port
P1
XLS Panel Port 1 (3)
Signal
Pin
TXD
2 (7)
RXD
1 (6)
GND
3 (8)
1
RXD
2
TXD
Port 1
3
GND
RS-232
4
RTS (Do not use)
CTS (Do not use)
5
RXD
6
7
TXD
Port 3
8
GND
RS-232
9
RTS (Do not use)
10
CTS (Do not use)
1
2
Port 2
3
RS-485
4
5
6
7
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Pins 6 and 7
must be
jumpered to
enable Port 3
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