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Current source/voltage selection – Connect Tech Blue Heat/PCI PCI Serial Communications User Manual

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Current Source/Voltage Selection
When using the current source in a loop with low resistance, the transistor will run hot. This can
be avoided by increasing the loop resistance. The calculation for Maximum Loop
Resistance(RL ) is:

Where:

V

S

= 22V when pins 2 and 3 on jumper blocks J1, J2, J3, J4 J5, J6, J7 or J8 are jumpered

V

S

= 11V when pins 1 and 2 on jumper blocks J1, J2, J3, J4 J5, J6, J7 or J8 are jumpered

S = the number of stations in the loop (TX’s and RX’s)

V

D

= the voltage drop for the HP opto couplers on the SLIM. V

D

= 2.3 V for the HPCL

4100 and HPCL 4200. When you use other manufacturers’ equipment in the loop, the value
of V

D

may differ.

Note:
For most applications, jumpering pins 1 and 2 on the
appropriate jumper block (J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7 or J8) will
be satisfactory.

Jumpering pins 2 and 3 on the appropriate jumper block (J1,
J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7 or J8) may be required for applications
with multiple/many loads on the Current Loop network.

J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, and J8 are factory set with no
jumpers installed. (Please refer to

Figure 7

for the locations of

J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, and J8)





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V

S

-

V

R

Max

D

S

=

L

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