Cabling Overview; General Cabling Requirements; High-Voltage Installations - GE Multilin D400 Instruction Manual

CHAPTER 4: CONNECTING TO DEVICES AND NETWORKS

Cabling overview

Serial Communication Slots

General cabling requirements

High-voltage installations

D400 SUBSTATION GATEWAY INSTRUCTION MANUAL
The D400 provides a series of I/O adapter cards for connecting cables and wiring from
substation devices and network interfaces. All physical connections are made to easily
accessible connectors on the rear panel of the D400.
Figure 30: D400 Field and Network Connections
IRIG-B Distribution Slot
IRIG-B Input Slot
The types of communication cards included in your D400 depend on what was ordered for
your substation application.
For a list and detailed description of the types of communication cards available, see
Chapter 3, Setting Up Communication Cards.
Cabling required to make physical connections to the D400 are as follows:
Media
Fiber Optic Ethernet
Twisted Pair Ethernet
Redundant Twisted Pair Ethernet 10/100BaseT
PPP Serial Over External Modem
To provide higher EMC immunity and maintain CE Mark compliance, the serial cables used
for permanent RS-232 and RS-485 connections must comply with the following
requirements:
• Cables must be shielded
• D-type connector covers must provide EMC shielding (e.g. metallized plastic or die cast
metal covers).
Designation Cabling
10BaseFL 62.5/125 µm or 50/125 µm
100BaseFX multi-mode fiber cable
10/100BaseT UTP– Unshielded Twisted
Pair – CAT 5 or better
UTP– Unshielded Twisted
Pair – CAT 5 or better
RS-232 Standard RS-232 cable
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Network Slots
USB KVM Slot
External Power Source
Power Supply and
System Fail Alarms
Connector
ST Connectors
(820 to 850 nm)
RJ-45
RJ-45
DB-9
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