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Appendix A  Specifications
A.1  TC-net 100 Transmission Specifications
Table A-1 Ethernet Transmission Specifications
Item Specifications
Media access DOMA (Deterministic Ordered Multiple Access)
Transmission rate 100 Mbps
Topology Star type
Transmission line Single bus (future)
Dual bus
Transmission cable, cable 
length
• Optical fiber cable:  2 km 
(extendable up to 8 km using laser light emitting diodes and optical fiber single 
mode)
• Twisted-pair cable:  100 m
No. of nodes 254 nodes maximum per system  
(Optical shared hubs UTNH21As included in the number of nodes)
No. of hub levels 2 hubs high, cascaded
Transmission mode Scan transmission
    High-speed cycle:  1 ms to 160 ms
    Medium-speed cycle:  10 ms to 1,000 ms
    Low-speed cycle:  100 ms to 10,000  ms
Message transmission
    TCP/IP message transmission/reception
Scan transmission capacity 128 kW per system (16 bits per word)
2048 blocks per system (64 words per block)
Transmission capacity:  576 blocks per node (36 kW per node)
Status change detection
   No. of change detection words:  128 W per node
   Change detection cycle:  No. of change detection words x 30 
µs
   Detection signal intervals:  50 ms or more
Interface Optical:  MT-RJ optical connector
Electrical:  RJ45 modular connector
Cable Optical:  Quartz GI cable (62.5/125 long wavelength) or 50/125, long wavelength)
Electrical:  Enhanced category 5 twisted-pair cable