Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS manual Cable guides Insulation displacement terminals

Passive Components for RS-485 Networks

4.Place the green and red cores in the cable guides above the insulation displacement terminals as shown in Figure 4-20.

Make sure that you always connect the same cores to the same terminal A or B (for example terminal A is always connected to green and terminal B always to red).

5.Press the red and green cores into the insulation displacement terminals lightly using your thumbs.

6.Secure the cover with the screws.

Cable guides

Insulation displacement terminals

Cable guides

A BA B

Strain relief

Figure 4-20 Connecting the LAN cable to bus connector (6ES7 972-0BA30-0XA0)

Note

The bus connector 6ES7 972-0BA30-0XA0 cannot be fitted to LAN cables with stranded cores.

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