Ixxat CAN-CR210/FO

The CAN-CR210/FO repeater with two CAN channels (thereof one as Fiber Optic interface) and one CAN backbone channel is used for the conversion of the CAN signal from copper wire (ISO 11898-2) to fiber optic cables. It can be used to improve the load capacity of the CAN bus with nodes, to establish a physical coupling of CAN bus systems or to insert a galvanic isolation. The CAN repeater creates the necessary flexibility to optimize the structure of CAN networks and to free CAN networks from the restriction to the bus structure. It can be used to implement tree or star topologies as well as for stub lines. For creating star or tree topologies, several CAN-CR210/FO repeaters can be connected to a CAN-hub via the integrated backbone bus. The CAN-CR210/FO separates a defective segment from the rest of the network, allowing the remaining network to continue working.