Chapter 6: Connection/Wiring

Chapter 6: Connection/Wiring

6-1 Installing an Ethernet cable

Workers who will install or hook up an Ethernet cable must have special training and knowledge, such as the safety procedures and standards required by this technology (JIS X5252).

We recommend that you contact a specialist for perform any installation or hook up. (Sharp Document Systems Co., Ltd. is providing the Ethernet installation work service, and supplying network products from Allied System Co., Ltd.)

[1]Equipment layout

-The minimum distance between nodes is specified in the regulations. (2.5 m when the 10BASE5 is used.) When connecting devices, be sure to maintain these minimum distances.

Cables used for 10BASE5 systems have marks every 2.5 m. Position each transceiver directly on one of these marks.

-Mount the transceivers on electrically insulated objects, such as a wooden mounting block.

[2] Wiring

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-Separate (60 cm or more) the data transmission cables from power cables.

-Do not run cables near any noise generating source.

-Both ends of the coaxial cable must be terminated with a termination resistance. Make sure to install termination resistance on each end.

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