Page 2 - SYSMAC C-series Link Adapters; Installation Guide
SYSMAC C-series Link Adapters Installation Guide Revised June 1999
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Page 4 - DANGER; WARNING; Caution; OMRON Product References
! ! ! v Notice: OMRON products are manufactured for use according to proper procedures by a qualified operatorand only for the purposes described in this manual. The following conventions are used to indicate and classify precautions in this manual. Always heedthe information provided with them. Fai...
Page 6 - TABLE OF CONTENTS; vii; PRECAUTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 7 - ix
ix PRECAUTIONS This section provides general precautions for using the SYSMAC C-series Link Adapters and related devices. The information contained in this section is important for the safe and reliable application of the Link Adapters. Youmust read this section and understand the information contai...
Page 8 - Intended Audience; General Precautions; Safety Precautions
! ! ! ! 3 Safety Precautions x 1 Intended Audience This manual is intended for the following personnel, who must also have knowl-edge of electrical systems (an electrical engineer or the equivalent). • Personnel in charge of installing FA systems. • Personnel in charge of designing FA systems. • Per...
Page 9 - xi; Operating Environment Precautions; Application Precautions
! ! ! ! ! 5 Application Precautions xi • When the 24-VDC output (service power supply to the PC) is overloaded orshort-circuited, the voltage may drop and result in the outputs being turnedOFF. As a countermeasure for such problems, external safety measures mustbe provided to ensure safety in the sy...
Page 10 - xii
! 5 Application Precautions xii Caution Failure to abide by the following precautions could lead to faulty operation of theLink Adapters or the system, or could damage the Link Adapters or the system.Always heed these precautions. Observe the following precautions when using the Link Adapter system....
Page 12 - Section; Link Adapters
1-2 Section Link Adapters 2 1-1 Nomenclature Names of specific OMRON products, as well as generic names for groups ofOMRON products, are capitalized in this manual. Unit is also capitalized when itrefers either specifically or generically to an OMRON product. For convenience,prefixes are omitted fro...
Page 13 - Repeater Units; General Specifications
1-4 Section General Specifications 3 1-3 Repeater Units Repeater Units are used when the number of Optical Transmitting I/O Units, Op-tical Slave Racks, etc., connected in series exceeds 32. Insertion of a RepeaterUnit after the 32nd Unit allows the connection of additional Units. The followingRepea...
Page 17 - Wiring RS-232C and RS-422 Cable Connectors; Cable Preparation
2-2 Section RS-422 and RS-232C Cable 7 When using a Link Adapter, connect both RS-232C and RS-422 cable straightacross, as shown in the following diagram. Here the SD terminal of the host com-puter, for example, is connected to the SD terminal of the Link Adapter. See 5-4 Link Adapter AL004-(P)E for...
Page 18 - Soldering
2-3 Section Optical Fiber Cable (APF/PCF) 8 Observe the following when soldering wires onto the connector. 1, 2, 3... 1. Place heat-shrink tubing onto all wires far enough from the end so as to not interfere with soldering. 2. Pre-solder all wires and connector terminals. 3. Solder all wires, insert...
Page 20 - Backup Power Supply; Example 1
2-5 Section Backup Power Supply 10 When total transmission loss from the system is subtracted from the transmit/re-ceive differential of the Link Adapters, the margin must be at least 4 dB. To deter-mine total transmission loss, first calculate the loss over the cable by multiplyingthe loss/km by th...
Page 22 - Link Adapter Repeater Input
2-6 Section Link Adapter Repeater Input 12 2-6 Link Adapter Repeater Input Link Adapters AL002-(P)E and AL006-(P)E have repeater input terminals. Theyare used when it is necessary to be sure that power has already been turned onin a system connected to a branch line of the Link Adapter before signal...
Page 24 - Nomenclature and Indicator Lights
3 Section Repeater Units 14 Repeater Unit RPT01-(P) must be used when the number of Optical SlaveRacks, Optical Transmitting I/O Units, I/O Link Units, and Link Adapters con-nected in series exceeds 32. Insert a Repeater Unit between the 32nd and 33rdUnits. The example below shows an Optical Slave R...
Page 25 - Connections
Page 28 - Host Link Systems
4-2 Section Host Link Systems 19 4-2 Host Link Systems Link Adapters are used in Host Link Systems for branching and for converting tothe type of cable required by the host computer. A Wired Host Link System can be connected using Link Adapters AL004-(P)Eand AL001 as shown below. Link Adapter AL004-...
Page 29 - Optical Remote I/O Systems; Example 3
4-3 Section Optical Remote I/O Systems 20 As shown in Example 3, more than one Optical Host Link Unit can be connectedin series using optical fiber cables. However, if any failure (power failure, discon-nection, etc.) occurs in one of the Units, all the subsequent Host Link Units willalso cease to o...
Page 30 - Example 2
4-3 Section Optical Remote I/O Systems 21 An Optical System with Optical Transmitting I/O Units can be connected withcrystal optical fiber cable (AGF) by using Link Adapter AL005-(P)E as shown be-low: Link Adapter AL005-(P)E CPU Rack with Optical Master Optical fiber (APF/PCF) Link Adapter AL005-(P)...
Page 31 - Wired Remote I/O Systems
4-4 Section Wired Remote I/O Systems 22 4-4 Wired Remote I/O Systems Wired Remote I/O Master Units, Remote I/O Slave Units, and Remote Terminalscan be directly connected with RS-485 cable, which has a maximum transmis-sion distance of 200 m. In order to extend the transmission distance and/or toredu...
Page 33 - Note Unit of measurement: mm
5-1 Section Link Adapter AL001 24 5-1 Link Adapter AL001 Note Unit of measurement: mm
Page 35 - CTS Selector
5-3 Section Link Adapter AL004-(P)E 26 5-3 Link Adapter AL004-(P)E 0 V Externalline Available(Yes) Notavailable(No) Terminating resistanceselector switch Switch Settings Set to 0 V to have the clear-to-send (CTS) signal always ON. Set to external toreceive an external CTS signal. When set to ON, con...
Page 39 - Appendix A; Standard Models; Crystal Optical Fiber Cable
31 Appendix A Standard Models Name Specifications Model Number Optical (APF/PCF) (3 connectors) 3G2A9-AL002-PE RS-422 (2 connectors), RS-232C (1 connector) 3G2A9-AL003-E Optical (APF/PCF), RS-422, RS-232C (1 conn. each) 3G2A9-AL004-PE Optical (APF/PCF), (AGF) (1 connector each) 3G2A9-AL005-PE Optica...
Page 40 - Wire Cable
Appendix A Standard Models 32 Wire Cable We recommend the following cables for RS-422, RS-232C, and RS-485 connections. Cable type Recommended Cable RS-232C CO-DS-IREVV-SX-10P x 0.18 mm2 (Hitachi Cable) RS-422 CO-HC-ESV-3P x 7/0.2 (Hirakawa Cable) RS-485 VCTF 0.75 x 2C (JIS)
Page 41 - Index
33 Index A application precautions, C cable connectors optical fiber cable, soldering, wire cable, wiring, CTS selector, H host computers, , connecting to, , Host Link Systems, , , , optical, wired, I I/O Link Units, , installation precautions, O operating environment precautions, optical fiber cabl...
Page 42 - Revision History
35 Revision History A manual revision code appears as a suffix to the catalog number on the front cover of the manual. Cat. No. W123-E1-3 Revision code The following table outlines the changes made to the manual during each revision. Page numbers refer toprevious version. Revision code Date Revised ...
