Z-World XP8600, User Manual

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XP8600 Getting Started s 17
Connecting Expansion Boards to a Z-World
Controller
Use the 26-conductor ribbon cable supplied with an expansion board to
connect the expansion board to the PLCBus on a Z-World controller. See
Figure 2-2. The expansion board’s two 26-pin PLCBus connectors, P1 and
P2, are used with the ribbon cable. Z-World recommends using the cable
supplied to avoid any connection problems.
Figure 2-2. Connecting XP8600 Expansion Board to Controller PLCBus
Be sure power to the controller is disconnected before adding
any expansion board to the PLCBus.
Follow these steps to connect an expansion board to a Z-World controller.
1. Attach the 26-pin ribbon cable to the expansion board’s
P2 PLCBus
header.
2. Connect the other end of the ribbon cable to the PLCBus port of the
controller.
Be sure pin 1 of the connector cable matches up with pin 1 of
both the controller and the expansion board(s).
3. If additional expansion boards are to be added, connect header P2 on
the new board to header P1 of the board that is already connected. Lay
the expansion boards side by side with headers P1 and P2 on adjacent
boards close together, and make sure that all expansion boards are
facing right side up.
See Appendix C, “Connecting and Mounting Multiple Boards,”
for more information on connecting multiple expansion boards.
Controller
PLCBus Port
Controller With PLCBus
H1
XP8600
P2
P1
J3
1
J2
J1
Pin 1
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