15 
Wires Characteristics 
Use this chapter to understand the types of wire you need to use for 
your plant. 
Power supply wire 
Multi device can be powered either with a 10V-30V DC third party 
power supply, with PoE or with PoE+.  
To determine the correct size for power cables need to be used for 
third party power supply, refer to the below table (The following table 
lists examples of wire gauge and distance for a 12V): 
 
Type of cable  Length (m) at different currents 
AWG  mm2  Ohm/Km 
600 mA  1200 mA  2400 mA 
16  1.3  14  119  60  30 
18  0.9  21  79  40  20 
20  0.6  34  49  25  12 
22  0.35  52  32  16  8 
Table 1 - Length of Power Supply cables [m] 
Warning: The above table shows the values for a single Multi device; 
if more than one Multi needs to be connected to the same line, divide 
the length by the number of the devices. 
Network wire 
For POE+ and POE: Cat5 or Cat6 Ethernet cable has to be used. 
Readers wires 
RS485 Data Cables (for OSDP reader connection) 
Data cables used with RS485 must be twisted-pair and with 120 ohm 
impedance. 
Refer to Table 2 for the size of data cables to be used for this 
connection with cable with AWG from 24 to 16 not shielded. 
 
Communication 
speed (bit/sec) 
Length in meters in relation to the cable capacity 
50nF/Km  100nF/Km  200nF/Km  500nF/Km 
9600  1000  500  250  100 
19200  500  250  125  50 
38400  240  120  60  24 
Table 2 - Length/Capacity of  RS485 Data Cables not shielded (m)  
Refer to Table 2 for sizing data cables to be used for RS485 
connection with cable with AWG from 24 to 16 shielded.