MTS SWIFT 40 Sensor User Manual

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SWIFT 40 Sensors

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Specifications

Hardware Overview

Transducer Interface Communications

P

ARAMETER

S

PECIFICATION

Communications Channel # 1
(Remote Host Connections)

Baud rates

Parity

Stop bits

Data bits

Isolated RS-232/RS-485 interface power
supply

Electrical interface

Maximum number of devices that can be part
of a RS-485 multidrop chain

19,200 Kbits/s

None

1

8

+5 V DC @ 200 mA maximum

Isolated RS-232 or RS-485 remote host connection
Isolated RS-485 TI to TI connection

32 with RS-232 remote host

*

31 with RS-485 remote host

*

Includes all compatible devices, such as an MTS 407 Controller. A maximum of only nine transducer
interfaces can be connected, because the addresses are limited to 1–9.

Maximum cable length

For RS-232 host:

50 ft from host to the first (nearest) TI,

and

300 ft from the first TI to the last SWIFT TI in the RS-
485 multidrop chain

For RS-485 host:

300 ft from host to the last (furthest) TI in the RS-485
multidrop chain

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