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C-Bus™ Basic Programming 1250SM0904R10/09
C-Bus™ Products Training Course 10/2009
38 © 2009 Schneider Electric. All Rights Reserved.
Network Burdens
A C-Bus Network Burden is simply a resistor and capacitor circuit that is
placed across the positive and negative C-Bus pairs. Its purpose is to
provide the C-Bus network with a standard impedance, ensuring
communications are stable and reliable.
All C-Bus networks should have a network impedance between 400 to 1500
Ohms. A network burden should only be connected to the network to adjust
the impedance between these two values.
It is recommended that each C-Bus network have a maximum of one
Network Burden. However, due to cable capacitance, the number of units
and the number of C-Bus Power Supplies, a Network Burden may or may
not be required.
NOTE: The table below is developed as a rough indicator to see if a
Network Burden may be needed on the C-Bus network. The number of
C-Bus units used and C-Bus Cable length will affect the need for adding or
removing a Network Burden.
Network Burden Requirement Number of C-Bus Units
Network Burden required < 50 C-Bus units
May require a Network Burden > 50 C-Bus units or < 70 C-Bus units
Should not require a Network Burden > 70 C-Bus units
Table 18 - Network burden requirement guide
There are two styles of C-Bus Network Burden:
Hardware Network Burden.
Software Enabled Network Burden.
A hardware Network Burden is a physical device. It comes in the form of an
RJ45 plug with red heat shrink surrounding the resistor and capacitor circuit.
A software-enabled Network Burden is embedded into various C-Bus units,
and is enabled and disabled via the Toolkit software or Learn Mode.
Software-enabled Network Burdens are available in a wide range of C-Bus
units. The list below identifies some of the units with software-enabled
Network Burdens:
All output units
System Support Devices (PC Interfaces, Touch Screens, Network
Bridges etc).
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