Page 12 INSTRUCTION MANUAL CENTRAL COMMAND STATION MX10
ZIMO
CAN
XNET
ZIMO CAN
I/O ribbon cable
(16-pole)
12 V M 30
V
Jumpers to “CAN-1”
Jumpers to “CAN-2”
MX32 MX32 MX32 MX32
4.
The “Connection and distribution board”
MX10AVP
This PCB is available as accessory to the MX10; NOT included in the start sets.
The “Connection and distribution
board” MX10AVP is a connector
board with comfortable sockets and
clamps, which does not have func-
tionality on its own (i.e. no active elec-
tronic components).
The MX10AVP is useful, because the
MX10 has a lot of connectors, but the
space on the front and the back of the
device is limited, which is why some
connectors are combined into one
connection point, like for example:
“CAN 2” (the second CAN bus) is on
the “XNET” (=XpressNet) socket.
Switching rails etc. just have space-
saving pin connectors on the MX10.
The picture on the right shows the typical
connections between the central
command station MX10 and the “Connec-
tion and distribution board
MX10AVP
”
with all included cables and plugs.
Depending on the use, not all of these
connections are necessary at the same
time
.
First Example:
The easiest
way to use the “Connection and distribution board
MX10AVP
” is with a
bus distributor
:
while the central command station MX10 itself has two CAN sockets (front and back), this way 5 sock-
ets are available, 4 of them on the MX10AVP. This may be useful despite all devices having two CAN
sockets (for daisy-chaining).
The MX10AVP’s
jumpers
(next to the sockets CAN 1/2) have to be plugged into
“CAN-1”
. This way, all
4 CAN sockets are connected in parallel.
As long as the CAN bus only connects controllers of the n
ew generation (like MX32), it doesn’t matter if
the cables of the connection and distribution board MX10AVP to the central command station MX10
have 6 or 8 poles. For standardisation reasons, 8-pole cables are recommended. To connect the con-
trollers, usually 6-pole cables are used (more flexible).
Second Example:
New (MX32, MX32FU) and old (MX31, MX31FU) controllers shall be used together; the new generation
devices communicate via a different protocol than the old ones (at least if full functionality shall be pre-
served): therefore, both CAN buses provided by the MX10 are used:
the old controllers (latest:
MX31) are connected to CAN-
1, the new (MX32) to CAN-2!
The sockets, to which MX32
controllers are connected,
have to be set to
“CAN-2”
. Set
the
jumpers
accordingly!
The advantage over the direct
connection to the MX10 (with
the “special cable
8POLA1M”
for MX32) is the controller’s
supply with full “CAN voltage”
(30V, not only 12V), which is
especially useful to charge ra-
dio controllers.
Connection power supply
unit
ZIMO
CAN
XNET
ATTENTION:
only use “normal” 8-pole (or 6-pole) CAN cables with the MX10AVP,
no
“8POLAxM”
special cables!
