IC693CBL301 GE I/O Bus expansion cable

The IC693CBL301 cable is an I/O Bus expansion cable that has been designed and manufactured by GE Fanuc and included in GE Series 90-30. This specific cable provides connections between different racks and CPUs, providing even interconnection between different expansion ports. This specific model is also used as a Wye cable type that is used to daisy-chain different base plates or racks together. The structure of this cable provides continuous shield features. The GE Fanuc IC693CBL301 I/O Bus expansion cable can extend the I/O bus to the expansion or remote racks in a system when additional I/O slots are required or when different baseplates, for design or security reasons, need to be located some distance away from the main CPU. This cable, among others, is used to build a custom cable that can help achieve the desired length without losing effectiveness.

The GE Fanuc IC693CBL301 I/O Bus expansion cable comes with connectors on both ends. These connectors consist of a male 25-pin connector and 2 male/female 25-pin connectors on the other end. Both connectors are D-type connectors. To connect more than one cable, the users need to start by connecting the single male connector on the right side of the CPU baseplate. Then to connect a second baseplate, the male connector on the dual connector end needs to be connected to the female pin connector on the first expansion cable. The unused female connector on the dual-end can be connected to the single male connector of a second I/O Bus expansion cable or an I/O bus Terminator plug. The GE Fanuc IC693CBL301 I/O Bus expansion cable has a length of 2 meters.