SL-BUS Wiring Harness

Introduction


What is SL-BUS Wiring Harness? 
It is an assembly of electrical cables or wires which transmit communication signals and/or electrical power to various devices as per standards. It consists of cables or bunch of wires neatly bound together by a durable material such as rubber, vinyl, electrical tape, conduit, a weave of extruded string or a combination. These wires are term inated with a connector for easy interface

This document explains complete information about SL-BUS Wiring Harness.

SL-BUS Wired Interface

SL-BUS communication standard is well designed for a  robust  wired connectivity in  a  noisy electrical  installations   When  wired connectivity nee  to be installed, there are lot of factors to be considered like- noise, bus resistance, bus capacitance, length of the bus, cost of the bus and so on. SL-BUS physical interface is  specially  designed to take care of all these challenges. Further we have enhanced it’s electrical parameters for betterment in SL-BUS Wired interface. SL-BUS wired interface is compatible with IEC62386-101 standards.

Typical Wiring for SL-BUS island

Typical wiring of a SL-BUS island is as shown below.  This type of wiring has several issues like  -it is difficult to exchange the device, the open wire ends may cause safety risks, more rework time on demo/test setup time, prone to error and wrong connection due to human mistakes.

Recommended Wiring Harness of SL-BUS island

It is strongly recommended to use suggested SL-BUS Wiring Harness as shown below for your test or demo setup needs. Using this wiring harness for your installation is also good practice provided the space and requirement meets it. 

SL-BUS Wiring Connector Specifications

Pin Description

Follow the pin configuration shown in the image, make sure you use the same color of wire for the suggested pin number. This configuration is valid for male as well as female connectors

Generally all female connectors creates the installation island that supplies mainly power and bus communication to the devices.

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SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connector (Male) 

This type of male connector is used to interface with the device with the electrical wiring. The device under test or installation must be connected to this male connector. Depending upon the type of device, there could be two, four or eight wire interface to this connector.
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Getting SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connectors

You can order them online through our online eCommerce portal if you are an active customer with us with access rights for online shopping activities.
 

If you wish to create it yourself, follow the process explained below.

SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connector (Female) 

This type of female connector is used to interface with the network side electrical wiring. The installed wiring or the internal wiring of demo setup must use this connector. Typically this connector has 4 pin connections most of the time, if you wish to connect load through the connector interface then there will be 8 pin connections. 
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Odoo • Image and Text

Getting SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connectors

You can order it online through our online eCommerce portal if you are an active customer with us with access rights for online shopping activities.
 

If you wish to create it yourself, follow the process explained below.

Creating SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connectors

Collect the tools, raw material and follow the process to make this connected harness yourself.

Connector

 

Wire to Wire Power Lock Connectors Assembly

There are two types of connectors - a) Female Housing + Crimps and b) Male Housing + Crimps. All these four components are needed to create this connector harness. The quantity of this raw material may vary as per your need. You can order these from your known sources. The reference link is provided below.

                

Tools

Soldering Gun

Good quality soldering gun to tin the wire before crimping.

Wire Stripper

Good quality wire stripper to strip and cut the wires

Crimping Tool

Good quality crimping tool if not possible crimping can done with the help of nose plier also

Wires

Red Colored 1 Sq. mm Wire

Multi stand wire in red color for LIVE electrical power  connection.

Black Colored 1 Sq. mm Wire

Multi stand wire in black color for NUTRAL electrical power connection.

Yellow Colored 0.75 Sq. mm Wire

Multi stand wire in yellow color for SL_BUS1 wired communication signal connection.

Green Colored 0.75 Sq. mm Wire

Multi stand wire in green color for SL_BUS2 wired communication signal connection.

Assembly Process

Once you are ready with needed raw material and tools, follow the simple step-by-step process below to create SL-BUS Wiring Harness Connectors yourself.

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1. Tin the pin

Strip the wire (Approx 5 mm tip length recommended), twist and tin the copper leads using soldering gun. It strengthens the copper's natural properties, making it better equipped to resist humidity & high temperatures.


Odoo - Sample 1 for three columns

2. Crimp the pin

Place the tinned wire inside the metal fitting and crimp it with the crimping tool, and ensure that it is perfectly seated inside. Remove the crimp tool, and inspect the wire. You can use Crimping Tool if you have otherwise you can use Nose Pliers for this process.

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3. Insert the pin

Now you have to insert crimped wire in to plastic casing. Make sure after that metal socket is properly locked in plastic casing and has no open wire part outside the plastic casing.



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