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Document 51996 AFP-300/400 NION Installation Rev. A1 03/04/03
FTXC-PCA and FTXC-PCB Network Transceivers
When used by the FTXC transceiver, FT-10 allows up to 8,000 feet (2438.4 m) per segment in a point-to-point
configuration, up to 6,000 feet (1828.8 m) per segment in a bus configuration, or up to 1,500 feet (457.2 m) per
segment in a star configuration. Each segment can support 64 nodes, and with routers, the system can be ex-
panded up to 200 nodes.
Data A
Data B
Twisted Pair
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
Figure 1-10: FTXC-PCA Transceiver Wiring
FTXC-PCB
FTXC-PCB
FTXC-PCB
FTXC-PCB
FTXC-PCB
FT-10 Transceiver
Header Connection
Electrical Termination
Jumper
Data B
Data A
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FTXC-PCA
FT-10 Transceiver
Header Connection
Electrical Termination
Jumper
Data A
Data B
Figure 1-9: SMX Transceivers: FTXC-PCA and FTXC-PCB
S7FTXC-PCA (Style-7) Network Transceiver
The S7FTXC-PCA combines two FT-10 interface ports that allow the transceiver to meet Style-7 wiring requirements.
The two ports on the S7FTXC-PCA, when used with true style-7 wiring requirements, create a point-to-point type
network segment allowing up to 8,000 feet between nodes that use the S7FTXC-PCA. The seperate FT ports allow
two twisted pair connections so that a cabling fault on one segment will not affect the other.
The S7FTXC-PCA has four diagnostic LEDs that are visible when the board is installed onto a NION.
•Packet - Blinks when a packet is received or transmitted.
• Status - Blinks steadily when no network traffic is present, and blinks rapidly when processing.
• P1 ERR and P2 ERR - These LEDs (P1 for Port1, P2 for Port 2) denote error conditions when they blink.
NOTE: The S7FTXC temporarily stops processing when an error occurs. This suppresses noise propagation throughout the network
.
For more information about Style-7 network configuration refer to the Local Area Server manual 51544.
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