CONTENTS
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1 TC-net 100 Network Configuration  . . . . . 1
1.1 TC-net 100 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
1.1.1 Restrictions on transmission line extension . . . . . . .3
1.1.2 Maximum network configuration   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2 TC-net 100 Cabling (Optical Fiber Cable) 5
2.1 Optical Fiber Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
2.1.1 Optical transmission line installation  . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.2 Wiring Inside the Cabinet   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
3 TC-net 100 Cabling (Twisted-Pair Cable)  .
11
3.1 Twisted-Pair Cabling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
3.1.1 Twisted-pair cable transmission line installation  . .13
4 Installation and Wiring of TC-net 100 Parts 
17
4.1 Installation and Wiring of Optical Shared Hub Unit  . .  19
4.1.1 Optical fiber cable connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
4.1.2 Twisted-pair cable connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
4.1.3 Stacking cable connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
4.1.4 AC Power cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
4.2 Installation and Wiring of Electrical Shared Hub Unit   26
4.3 Installation and Wiring of Relay Connector Unit  . . . . 27
5External Wiring 
(Twisted-Pair Cable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.1 Trunk Cabling (Twisted-Pair Cable)   . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
5.1.1 Installation environment and applicable work  . . . .31
5.1.2 Installation without piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
5.1.3 Installation with piping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
5.2 Separation from Other Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
6 Grounding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6.1 Grounding Twisted-Pair Cable Transmission Lines   .  37
6.2 Grounding Transmission Parts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.2.1 Grounding hubs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6.2.2 Grounding connectors, etc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6.3 Preparing Grounding Exclusive to Transmission Lines 41