BK9500 - Bus Coupler for USB

General operating conditions

The following conditions must be met in order to ensure flawless operation of the fieldbus components.

Environmental conditions

 

Operation

The components may not be used without additional protection in the following locations:

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in difficult environments, such as where there are corrosive vapors or gases, or high dust levels
▪
in the presence of high levels of ionizing radiation
Condition
Permissible range
Permissible ambient temperature during operation
see technical data
Installation position
variable
Vibration resistance
According to EN 60068-2-6 
Shock resistance
According to EN 60068-2-27
EMC resistance
According to EN 61000-6-2
Emission
According to EN 61000-6-4
 
 

Transport and storage

Condition
Permissible range
Permissible ambient temperature during storage
-25 °C... +85 °C
Relative humidity
95 %, no condensation
Free fall
up to 1 m in the original packaging
 
 

Protection classes and types

Condition
Permissible range
Protection class in accordance with IEC 536 (VDE 0106, Part 1)
A protective conductor connection to the mounting rail is necessary!
Protection class conforms to IEC 529
IP20 (protection against contact with a standard test finger)
Protection against foreign objects
Less than 12 mm in diameter
Protection against water
no protection
 
 

Component identification

Every supplied component includes an adhesive label providing information about the product's approvals. For example, on the BK2000:

 
 bk2000_label
Sticker with information about the BK2000 Bus Coupler certification

The following information is printed on the label:

Printed item
Meaning for this label
Precise product identification
Lightbus Coupler BK2000
Supply voltage
24 VDC
Data transfer rate
2.5 Mbit/s
Manufacturer
Beckhoff Automation GmbH
CE mark
Conformity mark
UL mark
Mark for UL approval. UL stands for the Underwriters Laboratories Inc., the leading certification Organisation for North America, based in the USA.
C = Canada, US = USA, LISTED 22ZA (the test results can be inspected under this entry)
Production identification
From left to right, this sequence of characters indicates the week of production (2 characters), the year of production (2 characters), the software version (2 characters) and hardware version (2 characters), along with any special indications (4 characters).
This case therefore is a BK2000
- produced in the 9th calendar week
- in the year 2001
- containing the BF firmware version
- and using the 6th hardware version
- with no special indications