Echelon Series 6000 Chip databook - Manual (Page 69)

A device based on a Series 6000 Smart Transceiver with the FT-X3 transformer can run the
same applications (after they are recompiled for the FT 6000 Smart Transceiver) with the
same functionality as a 3100 Neuron Chip with an FTT-10A transceiver or a Series 3100
Smart Transceiver with a FT-X1 or FT-X2 transformer. In addition, a Series 6000 Smart
Transceiver with the FT-X3 transformer has the same levels of transient immunity,
magnetic field noise immunity, and common-mode network noise immunity (as tested per EN
61000-4-6) as a Series 3100 device.
Connection for a Neuron 6000 Processor
You can connect a Neuron 6000 Processor to an external transceiver to communicate with a
TP/XF-1250 channel, an EIA-485 network, a link-power TP/FT-10 channel, or other
transceivers. Use an FT 6000 Smart Transceiver for a standard (non-link-powered) TP/FT-
10 channel or for a locally powered device on a link-power TP/FT-10 channel.
TPT/XF-1250 Transceivers
You can use the Neuron 6000 Processor with an Echelon TPT Twisted Pair Transceiver
Module for a TP/XF-1250 channel type. However, because the Neuron 6000 Processor does
not include an on-chip differential transceiver (that is, the Neuron 6000 Processor does not
support the differential mode of operation that Neuron 3120 Chips and Neuron 3150 Chips
supported), you must:
• Select “TP/XF-1250” as the transceiver type within the Hardware Template Editor of
the IzoT NodeBuilder Development Tool. This selection causes the Neuron firmware
to configure the Neuron 6000 Processor’s communications port to operate in 3.3 V
single-ended mode.
• Add a single-ended mode to differential mode converter circuit, as described in the
Connecting a Neuron 5000 Processor to an External Transceiver Engineering Bulletin
(005-0202-01B). This circuit converts the Neuron 5000 or Neuron 6000 Processor’s
3.3 V single-ended mode signals to the 5 V differential mode signals required for the
TPT/XF-1250 transceiver.
Figure 21 shows the basic configuration for connecting a Neuron 6000 Processor to a
TPT/XF-1250 transceiver.
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