4 Cabling the AC 800F
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4.2.2 10Base5 (Full Ethernet)
Topology bus topology; branches (AUI cables)
possible.
Transmission medium
coaxial cable 50 Ω (Yellow Cable)
two 50 Ω terminating resistors
Transmission base band, data rate 10 MBit/s
Maximum segment length 500 m
Maximum number of nodes per segment 100
Maximum number of nodes per network 1024
Minimum spacing between two nodes 2.5 m
Connection of nodes via transceivers; AUI branches with a
max. length of 50 m are possible.
Coupling of segments via repeaters possible, see Section 4.2.12.
Applications:
• Networks within one building
• Medium-size installations
• Networks with a medium or high number of nodes
• Installations with low or medium EMI