
Additional Installation Tips
6.7 CableandBusTerminationRS485
• Use shielded and twisted pair cable. The pair capacitance may not exceed 52.5
pF/m and area at least 0.25 mm
2
(AWG 24), if you want to use the maximum
transfer distance and maximum transfer speed.
• 0 V, the reference voltage for communication should be includ ed in
the cabling. With two-way communication use two pairs; one pair for
communication and one pair for 0 V.
• The shield must be grounded at one end. The other end is usually grounded,
but with longer distances or when there is a difference in the ground potential,
theshieldshouldbeconnectedtothegroundvia0.1uF/250Vplastic
capacitor to prevent ground current in the braided shield. A number of
manufacturers recommend that the shield be grounded at each node. Various
manufacturers have different systems for bus termination. The RS485
standard does not describe how the “Fail Safe” f unction would be carried out,
justthatthesystemshouldbeabletohandletheerror.
Depending on the recipients’ design, the bus wires may be on the same level or
require pull-up or pull-down to ensure that no faulty signals are detected when the
bus is in resting mode (all transmitters are disconnected).
1 23
4
+5 V
0 V
1 K
1 K
120 ohm 120 ohm
120 ohm
+5 V
+5 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
1 K
1 K
1 K
1 K
VCC
VCC
(120 ohm)
Inside Panel PC
Panel PC
RS422
CAB8CAB8 Bus
RS485
Shield
Bus termination
5358
2
14
15
6
19
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
15
3
16
17
4
14
8
7
55
50
17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Some (older) operator panels had pull-up and pull-down resistance except for
the actual bus termination at 120 ohm, similar to Westermo and Profibus. See 1
in drawing above.
The Panel PCs have another type of recipient, so-called built-in “Fail Safe”, where
simple bus termination resistance is sufficient. See 2 in drawing above.
If other nodes on the RS485 network require pull-up and pull-down and the Panel
PC is at one end of the loop, one of the following procedures can be carried out:
• Connect two 1k/0.25 W resistors in the 25-pole D-sub contact. See 3 in
drawing above. Set jumper pins 6-19.
• Use CAB8. It offers the option of bus termination with pull-up/-down. It
isalsoeasytoconnectthebuscableviathescrewterminalblock. See4in
drawing above.
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