Fiber Optics Transmission Technology; Sinec L2 Network With Fiber Optic Cable - Siemens SIMATIC S5 Manual

Interface of the programmable controller
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S5-95U, SINEC L2
1.6.2

Fiber Optics Transmission Technology

Physical Bus Characteristics
Figure 1-17 shows an example of a SINEC L2FO network configured as a fiber optic star network
with cascading stars. The star centers are active star couplers AS 501.
The technical terms will be explained in the section that follows.
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S5-95U
Active star coupler AS 501
Figure 1-17. SINEC L2 Network with Fiber Optic Cable
You can also link two S5-95U programmable controllers point to point directly via a fiber optic
cable, i.e., without using an active star coupler AS 501, as shown in Figure 1-18.
Figure 1-18. Point to Point Link via a Fiber Optic Cable
EWA 4NEB 812 6112-02
SINEC L2FO bus terminal
Duplex fiber optic cable:
glass or plastic fiber
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S5-95U
Glass: max.1400 m / 4.592 ft
Plastic: min.
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S5-95U
System Description
S5-95U
S5-95U
5 m / 16.20 ft
max.
25 m / 81 ft
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