Manual

1: GENERAL INFORMATION

1-6 SX5L COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USER’S MANUAL

System Setup Examples

Bus Topology

Nodes are connected to one trunk line. The trunk line

can be extended up to 1,400 meters.

Terminators are needed at both ends of the network.

Free Topology

The network can also be connected in star, loop, bus,

and combination of these conﬁgurations. The network

can be expanded and modiﬁed ﬂexibly.

One terminator is needed at any place on the network.

Quantity of Nodes (FTT-10A Transceiver Nodes)

A maximum of 64 nodes can be connected to one

channel. When connecting more than 64 nodes, a

router or repeater is needed.

One router is regarded as one node. Consequently,

when using one router, the maximum number of nodes

connected to one channel will reduce to 63.

Ter minator Ter minator

NodeNode

Node Node

Maximum trunk cable length: 1,400 meters

Ter minator

NodeNode

Maximum total cable length: 500 meters

Maximum distance between nodes: 400 meters

Ter minator

Node

Channel 1

Ter minator Terminator

Node

Channel 2

Router

Node