Rockwell Automation 1784-KTCX15 INSTL INSTR CONTROLNET COMM. - Manual (Page 14)

14 ControlNet Communication Interface Card
Publication 1784-5.33 – September 1997
About the Jumpers
Important: When you receive your card, the jumpers are in the default
positions, as shown in Figure 1. Do not alter these positions.
See Figure 2 for an explanation of these jumpers.
Figure 1
KTCX15 jumpers
20628-M
E1
E2
E3
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Connecting the Card
After you have installed the card, you can connect it:
•
to a device already connected to the ControlNet network (page 24)
•
directly to a ControlNet network, which requires a tap (page 27)
Figure 3 shows the card connector.
Figure 3
KTCX15 card connector
1784KTCX15
Network Access Port (NAP)
RJ-45 connector for connecting programming
terminals to devices on a ControlNet network
Channel A
BNC connectors for connecting directly to a
ControlNet network
Channel B
Redundant media
BNC connectors
Diagnostic status
indicators
A
B
TIP: The light icon is channel A;
the dark icon is channel B.
ATTENTION: Do not use the card to connect to more than one
network at a time. Attempting to connect to a second network will
cause your communication system to operate erraticly.
See page 28 for information about status indicators. Indicators diagnose only
redundant media BNC connections.