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The REG system devices require a 12 Vdc power supply and a BUS connection, therefore a total of 4 wires. The REG bus uses the EIA-485 standard (formerly known as RS-485), so the first choice is to use cables specifically created for this type of bus.

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Note

These models are given as examples of cables that have the suitable electrical characteristics; the electrical designer will have to verify the compliance of the chosen cable with the specific needs of the system: type of installation, fire resistance, etc.; BELDEN in particular has a whole family of EIA-485 cables, suitable for any type of installation).

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Furthermore, it is important to underline that:

  • the devices order (REG-DIN-8/REG-EXP-8/REG-TH etc.) is NOT important, they must not be connected in any particular order

  • each device must be addressed and there cannot be two components with the same address

  • if the address is changed using a dip switch to any of the components, the power supply must be switch OFF and then ON again for the new address to be acquired

  • being the MASTER, REG-DIN-8 has no address

  • the 12 Vdc power cable and the bus cable (A and B) must NOT share the electrical conduits with the 230 Vac

Attention

  • if a cable is actually used as indicated, the shielding (in the following drawing highlighted in blue) must be connected ONLY IN ONE POINT to the zero of the power supply and where the cable is interrupted, to allow the connection of the various devices (in the example below a REG-DIN-8, a REG-EXP-8, a REG-THL sensor and a REG-OTG), the shielding must be spliced, but NOT connected to anything:

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  • The BUS cable must NOT be closed in a loop, it must ALWAYS be OPEN!

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  • some very large systems may require multiple power supplies, in these cases the references (zero) of all the 12 Vdc power supplies of the regulation system must be short-circuited:

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Note

The choice to have multiple power supplies may depend on:

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If communication is restored, the Err Bus led disappears if you press the Reset button from RegConfig (Configuration Page 1) or from the REG display, press the OK button in the menu Information – Alarms/Bus Error – Address Bus Error until the error does not return to zero. Alternatively, power OFF and ON the REG-DIN-8.

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