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Drawing 3-7 Connecting two branches using two optical fibres via the ATS1743 interface.
A typical use of the fibre-optic modules, besides extending a single bus branch, is a
branched bus configuration. The main bus is laid out using an optical channel, and the
branches using the RS485 interface. This way, many branches can be designed that
should total less than 6km in length and not exceed 1500m for a single branch. The fibre-
optic bus length is dependant on the parameters of the fibre used.
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Drawing 3-8 Optical bus with RS485.branches
Basing the bus design on optical fibres creates a need for every device to have its own
power supply. This can be troublesome in a system with control panel driven access
control, because every RAS controlled door would need to have its own power supply
with battery back-up.
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