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Siemens Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products
08.2006
9
Installation of the External Termination Unit (XTU)
This chapter covers the physical and electrical installation of the Solaris™ Dome’s
External Termination Unit (XTU).
NOTE
The XTU is patent pending.
9.1 Unit
description
The External Termination Unit (XTU) is an IP67 sealed enclosure containing the
Dome unit's power supply, telemetry interface, alarm/relay connections, video
conditioning and protocol conversion.
The advantages of this separate XTU enclosure include:
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Ease of setup and installation of the Dome unit
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Single connection cable to the Dome unit
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All other connections are made to the XTU
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Ease of access for maintenance
The XTU allows the Dome to be controlled via:
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Coaxial telemetry (see Section 9.4.1: XTU connections - coaxial (C-type)
telemetry).
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RS485 telemetry (see Section 9.4.2: XTU connections - RS485 (D-type)
telemetry).
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Photon telemetry (see Section 9.4.3: XTU connections - Photon telemetry).
9.2 Installation
procedure
Fig. 12
External Termination Unit (XTU)
The XTU is very straightforward to install; these are the basic steps required:
1.
Select a suitable location for the installation to allow the most suitable access
to the required cabling (power, telemetry, alarms etc.) and the Dome. See
Section 9.2.1: Choosing a location for the XTU.
2.
Select the appropriate cable glands for the cabling/connections to be used
and remove the required knockouts in the enclosure.
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