1. Installation
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RJ45 to M12 conver ter
For PROFINET installati ons, it may be necessary to change
between RJ45- and M12 connection technology.
Example for use: connections between devices in the switch
cabinet with RJ45 connection and IP65/IP67 devices with
M12 connection.
Cable specification
Use shiel ded Industrial Ethernet cables of category Cat 5 or
higher. Y ou can find details regarding cable specification in
Tab. 1/6.
Crossover detection The bus nodes for PROFINET support crossover detection
(“Auto- MDI”): Y ou can either use patch cabl es or crossover
cables for connecting your bus node to a network or PC.
Make sure that the function “Autonegotiation/Autocrossover”
is activated in your controller software if you use patch and
crossover cables in the same system. Y o u will find addi ti o nal
instructions on this function in section 2.6.4.
Crosso ver detection is not available in the remote I/O operat-
ing mode with additional function “Fast start-up” (FSU):
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Use only suitable lines.
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Observe the following note regarding pin allocation of
port TP2.