Connect to the network, Connect to the network -7 – Rockwell Automation 1784-PCIC ControlNet PCI Communication Interface Card Installation Instructions User Manual

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Install the 1784-PCIC or 1784-PCICS Communication Interface Card 1-7

Publication 1784-IN003D-EN-P - January 2006

Connect to the Network

After you have installed the card, you can connect it:

directly to a ControlNet network, which requires a tap (page 1-9).

to a device already connected to the ControlNet network (page 1-10).

See Figure 1.1 on page 1-8 for the connectors and indicators.

WARNING

When used in a Class I, Division 2, hazardous location, this
equipment must be mounted in a suitable enclosure with
proper wiring method that complies with the governing
electrical codes.

If you connect or disconnect the ControlNet cable with power
applied to this module or any device on the network, an
electrical arc can occur. This could cause an explosion in
hazardous location installations.

Be sure that power is removed or the area is nonhazardous
before proceeding.

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