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Earth bonding scheme

Generic UCC and dual SPA earth bonding scheme

PH20 interconnection diagram

SPA3 and UCC T5 interconnection diagram

Key

Description

1

PH20 orange head cable

2

CAT 5E 300 mm cable (supplied)

3

16 / 0.2 mm earth connection

4

MCU connection

5

CAT 5E ethernet cable (5 m cross-over cable supplied) to host PC

6

24 V power supply (supplied)

7

24 V - 80 V power supply (not supplied)

Cable connections

The cable connection to the head uses a standard 15-way high-density D connector. The cable should be connected and terminated as detailed below. It is mandatory that the Renishaw universal machine cable is used.

Various lengths of cable are available and include pre-crimped options for ease of installation.

The following image shows the pin numbers for each connector end view of the Renishaw universal machine cable.

Renishaw universal high speed machine cable pin numbers

15-way HDD socket pin number (quill)Function Core colour 15-way D plug pin number (controller)

11

Comms D+

Green

1

2

0 V

Black

2

1

Comms U+

Orange

3

7

0 V

White

4

13

Motor B0

Blue

5

3

+20 V

Red

6

4

Motor A2

Grey

7

10

Motor A0

Pink

8

9

0 V

Inner screen *

9

12

Comms D-

Green / black

10

6

Comms U-

Orange / black

11

8

+20 V

Clear

12

14

Motor B1

Violet

13

15

Motor B2

Yellow

14

5

Motor A1

Brown

15

Shell

Outer screen

Shell


* NOTE: In pre-crimped cables this will be yellow / green.

Ensure that the inner screen is not shorted to the outer screen at either end of the cable. A short can be prevented by using a small piece of heatshrink or other suitable method.

Preparation of Renishaw universal machine cable for quill mounted systems

Kabelanschlus für PH20 Pinolenadapter

Preparation of Renishaw universal machine cable for shank mounted systems

Zakończenie kabla na łączniku chwytu PH20

Temperature compensation connector

Temperature compensation connector


Pin number

Channel

Pin number

Channel

1

Channel 1 input

20

Channel 1 return

2

Channel 2 input

21

Channel 2 return

3

Channel 3 input

22

Channel 3 return

4

Channel 4 input

23

Channel 4 return

5

Channel 5 input

24

Channel 5 return

6

Channel 6 input

25

Channel 6 return

7

Channel 7 input

26

Channel 7 return

8

Channel 8 input

27

Channel 8 return

9

Channel 9 input

28

Channel 9 return

10

Channel 10 input

29

Channel 10 return

11

Channel 11 input

30

Channel 11 return

12

Channel 12 input

31

Channel 12 return

13

Channel 13 input

32

Channel 13 return

14

Channel 14 input

33

Channel 14 return

15

Channel 15 input

34

Channel 15 return

16

Channel 16 input

35

Channel 16 return

17

Reserved

36

Reserved

18

Reserved

37

Reserved

19

Reserved

Shell

GND


The thermistors for each channel connects between the CH input and CH return numbers. The return signals are NOT zero volts and MUST NOT be connected to any zero volt signal, GND or screen.

NOTE: For more information regarding the set up and usage of axis and work piece sensors, please read the temperature compensation page of this installation guide.