Instruction manual

8620 Driver Entry Terminal
Varec, Inc. 13
Digital I/O Wiring
Four digital I/O modules can be installed in the 8620 DET. Field wiring should be installed
directly onto the Digital I/O Rack as shown in Table 3-2 and Table 3-3.
Ethernet Wiring
The 8620 DET has two 100-Base-T Ethernet jacks. One is located on the side of the single board
computer. The second one is located on the communications terminal as shown in Figure 3-1
on page 10. Standard 8-pin RJ-45 connectors are used for ethernet wiring.
3.2 Communications Wiring
Table 3-4 describes the wiring considerations for each communications protocol.
Pin Pin Name
2I/O 1+
3I/O 1-
4I/O 2+
5I/O 2-
6I/O 3+
7I/O 3-
8I/O 4+
9I/O 4-
Table 3-2: Field Terminal
Pin Wire Color Terminal
1 Red Standard Voltage
2 Black GND
3Orange I/O 1
4Empty N/A
5 Brown I/O 2
6Empty N/A
7Blue I/O 3
8Empty N/A
9Gray I/O 4
Table 3-3: Control Terminal — to Single Board Computer
Communication Protocol Description
Ethernet Maximum length of 250 feet of twisted pair CAT5 cable.
RS-232 Maximum length of 50 feet of cable.
RS-485/422 Maximum length of 4000 feet of cable.
Table 3-4: Communications Wiring Information