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MELSEC-
3   SPECIFICATIONS 
 
Table 3.3  VCTF cable specifications (Extract from JIS C 3306) 
Conductor 
Type  No. of cores 
Nominal cross-
sectional area 
Composition 
No. of wires/wire diameter
Outside 
diameter
Insulator 
thickness 
Sheath 
thickness 
Conductor 
resistance
(20 
) 
Vinyl cabtyre, 
Round cord 
4 0.75mm
2
 30/0.18mm 1.1mm 
0.6mm 1.0mm 
25.1 
Ω/km 
 
 
3.3 Network Wiring Specifications 
3.3.1 CC-Link network wiring specifications 
For the network wiring specifications of CC-Link, refer to the user's manual of the  
master module. 
 
3.3.2 CC-Link/LT network wiring specifications 
The following indicates the network wiring specifications of CC-Link/LT. 
 
Item Specifications Remarks 
Transmission speed  2.5 Mbps 625 kbps 156 kbps
 
Distance between stations  Not limited 
 
Max. no. of connectable 
modules per drop line 
8 modules 
 
Length of trunk line  35 m  100 m  500 m 
Cable length between 
terminating resistors. Length 
of drop lines not included 
T-branch interval  Not limited 
 
Max. length of drop line  4 m  16 m  60 m 
Max. cable length per branch 
line 
Overall length of drop lines  15 m  50 m  200 m  Total length of all drop lines 
 
*1
*2
AJ65SBT-CLB
CC-Link side
CC-Link/LT  side
Master
station
Remote 
I/O station
Remote 
device station
Length of trunk line (Drop line not included)
Interval length of T-branch
T-branch
connection
Terminating 
resistor
Power 
supply 
adapter
Distance 
between stations
Trunk line
Drop line
Remote 
station
Remote 
I/O station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Remote 
station
Terminating 
resistor
Length 
of 
drop
line
Length 
of 
drop
line
*3
*3
 
 
1 The length of drop line includes the length of  2. (The max. length of drop line and overall 
length of drop lines include the length of 
2.) 
3 Refer to Section 4.5.4 for the terminating resistor mounting method.