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2.12 Grounding Requirements
The housing of the CAIMAN-PRO sensor is not electrically floated. It is connected to the
negative supply voltage instead. To assure correct operation of the sensor, please refer to
CAIMAN-Grounding-Recommendations for grounding instructions.
2.13 Field Cable Specification
The minimum cable requirements for an infield installation of the CAIMAN-PRO sensor are:
CAIMAN-PRO:
For use with Junction Box:
o
Outer diameter 9 mm to 13 mm
o
Cable outlet for 6.5 mm to 9.5 mm also available
Power pair:
o
AWG18 / cross section 1 mm² or better recommended
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o
For all installations: the minimum voltage indicated in the data sheet has to be
granted for the operating unit
o
For NEMA cabinet installations: less than 14 V of voltage drop
Data pairs:
o
Twisted pair (CAN 2.0b; RS485 full-duplex)
o
Two data pairs each as twisted pair (RS485 full-duplex; 10/100 Mbps Ethernet)
o
Z = 100 Ohm to 120 Ohm @ 100 kHz / 1 MHz
o
AWG24 / cross section 0.22 mm² or better
o
Loop resistance better than 190 Ohm / 1000 m
Note:
SWARCO cannot provide a guarantee for cable types other than those verified by
SWARCO testing and advertised as such. The customer is required to verify by
testing the cable candidate for his particular purpose and installation variants, esp.
with regard to communication capabilities.
2.13.1 Tested Field cables
The following field cables have been verified by testing:
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Lapp UNITRONIC BUS YV COMBI IBS 3x2x0.22 , 3x1.0 ROHS
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Manufacturer part no. 2170217; Rated for direct burial / natural UV resistance.
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Tested distance 161m / 528ft.
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Lapp UNITRONIC LAN 1000 s/FTP Cat. 7 (L) PE 4x2xAWG 23/1
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Manufacturer part no. 2170198; Cat.7 cable; Rated for direct burial
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Tested distance 100m / 328ft.
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Olympic Wire 61530B Manufacturer part no. OLY 6150B
(https://www.olympicwire.com/)
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Tested distance up to 500ft. / 100+ installations.
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Tested by 3rd party using CAIMAN. SWARCO grants no guarantee for fit for purpose.
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Medikabel 9DB280431C01 (www.medikabel.de)
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UV rated cable for CAIMAN
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For use with JBOX: conductor reduction at clamp on 0.5 mm² is requested