Installing system components
3.6 Connecting the connection box
Mobile Panels 2nd Generation
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Operating Instructions, 09/2018, A5E33876626-AC
3.6.5
Connecting cables for a hardwired F-system
The signals for the emergency stop / stop button and the enabling button must be wired for a
hardwired F-system.
NOTICE
Length of the data cables to the connection box
If the permissible length of the data cables and signal cables between a connection box
and the plant is exceeded, malfunctions may occur. Keep the permissible leng
th of ≤
30 m
for cables between the connection box and the evaluation unit.
Note
If a connection box is to be operated in "E-stop button evaluated by PROFIsafe" mode, the
connection box cannot be wired according to a hardwired F-system.
Requirement
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The connection box standard or advanced is open.
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Read the information on the number of connecting cables required in the section
"Specification of cables to be used (Page 242)".
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The wires of the connection cables have been stripped by 8 mm.
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Matching ferrules when using flexible cables
Procedure
1.
Connection boxes standard and advanced:
Thread the cables through the corresponding screw glands.
2.
When you use flexible cables, place a wire end ferrule on each wire to be connected.
