Manual No. Draft rev02 
Table of Contents 
1  INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 1 
1.1  DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................. 1 
2  TRANSMISSION METHODS ........................................................................................................................... 1 
2.1  FIBER OPTIC TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................................... 1 
2.2  WIRE TRANSMISSION ..................................................................................................................................... 2 
2.2.1  RS-232 ................................................................................................................................................... 2 
2.2.2  RS-485 ................................................................................................................................................... 3 
3  COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS ................................................................................................................ 4 
4  INSTALLING THE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE IN MJ-5 CONTROL PANELS ............................. 4 
5  CABLING THE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE TO THE POWER SYSTEM ....................................... 4 
5.1  FIBER OPTIC CABLE TYPE .............................................................................................................................. 5 
5.1.1  Fiber Optic Cable Lengths .................................................................................................................... 5 
5.1.2  Fiber Optic Connector ........................................................................................................................... 5 
5.1.3  Fiber Optic Connections ........................................................................................................................ 5 
5.2  RS-485 TWISTED-PAIR CABLE ....................................................................................................................... 6 
5.2.1  RS-485 Cable Type ................................................................................................................................ 6 
5.2.2  RS-485 Cable Grounding ....................................................................................................................... 6 
5.2.3  RS-485 Connector .................................................................................................................................. 6 
5.2.4  RS-485 Cabling Considerations ............................................................................................................ 6 
5.3  RS-232 CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 8 
5.3.1  RS-232 Multi-drop Wiring ..................................................................................................................... 9 
5.4  RS-232/485 CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 9 
5.5  COMMUNICATIONS MODULE CONFIGURATION (REFERENCE 4.7) ................................................................. 10 
5.5.1  Communications Menu Item Descriptions ........................................................................................... 11 
5.6  TROUBLESHOOTING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS ..................................................................................... 14 
5.6.1  Using MJXplorer to Troubleshoot Communications Problems ........................................................... 14 
6  SETTING THE DNP POINTS ......................................................................................................................... 15 
6.1  USING THE DNP CONFIGURE PROGRAM FOR A CUSTOM DNP POINT SET ...................................................... 15 
6.2  SELECTING A PREDEFINED DNP POINT SET ................................................................................................... 16 
6.2.1  DNP point set for MJ-5 ........................................................................................................................ 16 
6.2.2  DNP Point set for other Control Panels .............................................................................................. 16 
6.2.3  2.x4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 
6.2.4  Small 2.x3 ............................................................................................................................................ 17 
6.2.5  Simple .................................................................................................................................................. 18 
6.2.6  Metering ............................................................................................................................................... 19 
6.2.7  Active ................................................................................................................................................... 20 
6.2.8  Set 7 ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 
6.2.9  2.x3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 
7  SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 29 
7.1  PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................................................ 29 
7.2  FIBER OPTIC LINK INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................... 29 
7.3  RS-232/RS-485 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................... 29 
500  C, 1 MINUTE ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 
8      MASTER SLAVE CONFIGURATION………………………………………………………………………………28