Emerson Exchange 365

Hi Everyone,

I could not find any indication in BOL about the proper ethernet cables to use with an S-series VIM2 card.

I see that the two sockets on the card are different: the redundancy link is plastic and the VIMNet is metal.

So, what kind of Ethernet cable to use for the VIMNet? Like in the case of controllers, one end of the cable should have a metal connector, the other one not? Should we use CAT5 cables?

Thank you,

Istvan

Thanks Joshua, but this did not answer my question. Usually Emerson gives recommendations like:

Controller-to-switch: The shield on the controller’s RJ45 connector connects only to a Faraday cage in the controller; not to the controller’s DC ground. Therefore, the RJ45 connectors are floating and the single point of ground is made at the switch to which the controller is connected. Build this cable assembly with a shielded, metal-enclosed RJ45 connector on both ends.

Workstation-to-switch: To prevent ground loops, build this cable assembly with a shielded, metal-enclosed RJ45 connector on one end and an isolated, plastic-enclosed RJ45 connector on the other end. The metal connector end of this cable assembly/link must be placed on the switch and not on the PC.

So my question would be: on which end of the Ethernet cable should we have metal-enclosed RJ45 connectors for the VIMNet connection? On both ends? Or should one of them be simple plastic?

FYI, we are not using VIM redundancy.

Thank you,

Istvan