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Lifetime Supporting Member
Hi,
Many analog sensors come with M12 connection and up to now for own uses and not so crutial meassurements I have used non shielded M12 cabling. Now we are in the process of selling a solution where I wan't to have panel mounted M12 connections in my control panel for the customer to connect to. Also some sensors without M12 I will add M12 connection to.
The most common patch cable I've found has the shield wired to the metall nut connecting the M12 male and female. I don't see how this can be used to a sensor since I don't want to connect the shield to ground at the sensor level.
I've also found that there is foil shielded cables that use the 5th pin as a drain wire. This is sort of what I'm thinking I wan't to use. Then I can do whatever I want with the shielding.
My other solution is going for industrial plugs, like Weidmuller Rockstar series. This may be more versatile but then I also need to make the connection coord (or patch cable) myself, going from the Rockstar outlet to a M12 connection.
Looking for some more experienced users that can guide me what is more commonly used and why?
Thankful for some inputs
/Tim
Many analog sensors come with M12 connection and up to now for own uses and not so crutial meassurements I have used non shielded M12 cabling. Now we are in the process of selling a solution where I wan't to have panel mounted M12 connections in my control panel for the customer to connect to. Also some sensors without M12 I will add M12 connection to.
The most common patch cable I've found has the shield wired to the metall nut connecting the M12 male and female. I don't see how this can be used to a sensor since I don't want to connect the shield to ground at the sensor level.
I've also found that there is foil shielded cables that use the 5th pin as a drain wire. This is sort of what I'm thinking I wan't to use. Then I can do whatever I want with the shielding.
My other solution is going for industrial plugs, like Weidmuller Rockstar series. This may be more versatile but then I also need to make the connection coord (or patch cable) myself, going from the Rockstar outlet to a M12 connection.
Looking for some more experienced users that can guide me what is more commonly used and why?
Thankful for some inputs
/Tim