Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS manual Installing Plastic Fiber-Optic Cables

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Mixing Plastic Fiber-Optic and PCF Fiber-Optic

To make the best use of the different cable lengths, the plastic fiber-optic cables and PCF fiber-optic cables can be mixed.

For example, connection between distributed local DP slaves using plastic fiber-optic (distances t 50 m) and connection between DP master to the first DP slave of the bus topology with PCF fiber-optic (distance u 50 m).

Installing Plastic Fiber-Optic Cables

You can assemble and install plastic fiber-optic cables simply yourself. The paragraph below contains information about the installation instructions and the rules for laying cables are explained in Appendix C.

Instructions for Assembling Plastic Fiber-Optic Cables

A detailed instruction manual explaining how to assemble plastic fiber-optic cables with simplex connectors and illustrated by photographs is available from the following sources:

SAppendix D of this manual

SOn the Internet

–German: http://www.ad.siemens.de/csi/net

–English: http://www.ad.siemens.de/csi_e/net

Select SEARCH on this Internet page, enter the number “574203” as the “Entry ID” and start the search.

SAs a leaflet supplied with the simplex connector/polishing kit (see Table 7-6)

Title: Installation Instructions for SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS Plastic Fiber-Optic Cables with Simplex Connectors

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