Planning A ControlNet Cable System
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Publication 1786-6.2.1 - April 1988
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In this link if each segment contains 500m (1640 ft) of cable:
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segment 3 can contain up to 29 nodes, since it already contains 3 taps.
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segments 1, 2, and 4 can contain up to 31 nodes each, since they already contain one
tap for a repeater.
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segments 5, 6, and 7 can contain up to 30 nodes, since they already contain 2 taps for
repeaters.
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the maximum number of nodes that can be connected to the link is 99 (not counting
repeaters)
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segment 1
repeater A
segment 2
segment 4
segment 3
repeater C
repeater B
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segment 6
segment 5
segment 7
repeater F
repeater E
repeater D