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Motionnet Master-Slave Motion System
3.1.1
Wiring Cable
This system guarantees enhanced quality for high-speed commu-
nication, and is designed to be connected with LAN cables suit-
able for 100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T. These cables have well-
known specifications, are cheap and easily obtained. Therefore,
we do not include these items in our product lines and do not sup-
ply them. To select cables, make sure they meet the following
specifications.
Wiring standards
TIA/EIA-568-B
Category 5 (CAT5)
Enhanced Category 5 (CAT5e)
Category 6 (CAT6)
UTP (UnshieldedTwistedPair) cables or STP (ShieldedTwisted-
Pair) cables that meet the specifications above. For an environ-
ment with excessive electromagnetic noise, use a shielded cable
(STP).
Observe the following when connecting your system.
1. Total serial line length
This system employs a multi-drop connection method.
The maximum total extension distance of the line varies,
depending on the data transfer speed and the number of
local boards that are connected.
Max. 100 m (Transfer speed, 20 Mbps with 32 modules
connected)
Max. 50 m (Transfer speed, 20 Mbps with 64 modules
connected)
Max. 100 m (Transfer speed, 10 Mbps with connecting
64 modules connected)