Example twisted pair and fiber-optic Global Safety Network

Figure: Example Global Safety Network


Callout Description

These connections are the same as those for LSNB-1.

This connection goes to the primary and secondary ACN switches.

This is a 100 meter (maximum) straight-through or crossover Category 5E Screened Twisted Pair (ScTP) cable. The shield on the RJ45 connector connects only to a Faraday cage in the Local Safety Network Bridge (LSNB), the SZ controller, and the CHARMs Smart Logic Solver (CSLS); not to these devices' DC ground. Therefore, the RJ45 connectors are floating and the single point of ground is made at the switch to which these devices are connected. Build this cable assembly with a shielded, metal-enclosed RJ45 connector on both ends.

This is a 100 meter (maximum) straight-through or crossover Category 5E Screened Twisted Pair (ScTP) cable. The shield on the RJ45 connector connects only to a Faraday cage in the LSNB, the SZ controller, and the CSLS; not to these devices' DC ground. Therefore, the RJ45 connectors are floating and the single point of ground is made at the attached signal converter to which these devices are connected. Build this cable assembly with a shielded, metal-enclosed RJ45 connector on both ends.

Fiber-optic cable must be used for outdoor building-to-building communications for immunity to electromagnetic interference caused by near lightning strikes, for ground isolation between buildings, and to gain additional distance that goes beyond the 100 meters (328 ft) maximum allowed for screened twisted pair cabling (ScTP).

This signal converter translates fiber-optic cable based signals to copper based twisted pair Ethernet signals. Two are required: one for the primary link and one for the secondary link.

All DC powered switches in this figure contain a ground screw. Be sure to attach a ground wire to this screw terminal to ground the shields of the attached cables. Refer to the switch's installation sheet for details.