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A total cable length of up to 500 m with standard components:
two lines with a star network topology run in opposite directions
from the centrally located master each to a repeater. The maximum
permissible cable length between the master and all repeaters is
100 m, so that if 2 extenders are used a distance of 50 m can be
covered. After each repeater, a new segment begins, each with a
cable length of 100 m. With further repeaters the network can
again be expanded by 100 m on both sides. This results in a total
length of 500 m for one AS-Interface network.
… extenders
The AS-Interface cable can also be
lengthened by 100 m using extenders,
in which case no slaves must be used
in the first segment. Extenders are only
recommended for covering large dis-
tances, say, between the control cabi-
net and the plant.
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