THE TIWAY I NETWORK PORTS
UNILINK HOST ADAPTER 4-2
USER MANUAL
4.1.1
Local Line Inter
face
Port
1
Port 2 Port 3 Port 4
Local Line Interface Ports
I/O
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Figure 4–1 Local Line Interface Ports
The Local Line interface to TIWAY I is a female 9-pin “D” connector shown as
Ports
1 and 2 in Figure 4–1. Port 1 is the primary network port.
Port 2 provides
support for redundant media transmission when Ports 1
and 2 are connected to
a redundant twisted pair cable network (discussed further in Paragraph 4.2 ).
The
pin assignments for these ports are given in T
able 4–2.
Table 4–2 Local Line Connector Pin Assignments
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Name
Sheild
LLM+
LLM–
Description
Reserved
Reserved
Cable shield and signal common
Reserved
Reserved
Positive biased signal line
Reserved
Reserved
Negative biased signal line