INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS (CONTINUED) WIRING

From every IR Sensor location you must “home-run” a CAT-5 cable back to the MSU250.

Home run means that an individual cable is connected between each IR Sensor and the MSU250

(Figure 4).

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WIRE SIZE IS EXPRESSED
BY ITS AWG (AMERICAN
WIRE GAUGE) NUMBER
THE LOWER THE
NUMBER, THE LARGER THE
AWG, FOR EXAMPLE,
20 AWG IS PHYSICALLY
LARGER THAN 22 AWG.
Remotely Located
IR Sensors
Figure 4:
Home run the sensor cable
from the sensor to the MSU250
Sensors In
NOTE: IMPORTANT – AVOIDING INTERFERENCE AVOID LOCATING ANY OF THE CABLES, SENSORS,
KEYPADS OR THE MAIN SYSTEM UNIT NEAR ANY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC
INTERFERENCE (EMI), SUCH AS LIGHT DIMMERS, SPEED CONTROLS FOR CEILING FANS,
ELECTRICAL BALLASTS, TELEVISION SETS, LARGE MOTORS, HEATERS OR AIR CONDITIONERS