I n t r o u c t i o n
The CHB 23 B is an 8-channel CIB-tech network component, with the purpose of extending the maximum
length of the CIB-tech network and simplif ing the CIB-tech wiring b facilitating star-t pe topologies. It
connects the backbone bus of the CIB-tech network and up to 8 different CIB-tech bus lines1.
T e c h n i c a l S p e c i f i c a t i o n s
Electrical characteristics
●Power Supply
The CHB 23 B can be powered from two sources: remotel from the backbone cable of the CIB-tech
network via the IBB-bus connector or locall through its power jack connector. The CHB 23 B favors
local power suppl over remote power and uses it automaticall if available; should the local power
suppl fail, the CHB 23 B switches back automaticall to backbone-supplied power. It should be
noted that this is not a desirable scenario unless the network is designed to be backbone-powered in
the first place, since the increased load on the backbone cable ma lead to insufficient voltage on
the network section connected to the inadvertentl remote-powered hub and / or ma cause
overheating of the backbone cable itself.
○Operating voltage range: 20 to 28V DC (nominal 24V DC)
○Own power consumption (no hub-powered network segments connected)
■Power suppl via IBB-bus connector
●Standb current (IHS1) 40mA
●Maximum current (IHM1) 65mA
■Power suppl via dedicated power jack
●Standb current (IHS2) 50mA
●Maximum current (IHM2) 80mA
●Power output
○Output voltage = Input voltage – 0.3V
○Maximum output current:
■Via backbone bus connector (IBBM) 3A
■Via bus connectors, each (IBM) 400mA
Power consumption of a hub is a function of the requirements of the network segments it is itself suppl ing
with power and can be found as the sum of all the network's and its own power consumption. At full load on
all segments, including power for other hubs via the output backbone connector (OBB), this would become:
IHUBM1 = IHM1 + IBBM + 8 x IBM = 6.265A for remotel powered hubs (via IBB) or
IHUBM2 = IHM2 + IBBM + 8 x IBM = 6.28A for locall powered hubs
However, if the hub is remotel powered from another hub via the backbone, it's IHUBM cannot exceed the
output power rating of the hub that powers it (IBBM), therefore such a remotel powered hub ma not be
loaded to it's full load. For such a hub, the sum of all the power it's expected to deliver and consume must be
less than the amount of power available to it (IBBM):
IHUBM1 = IHM1 + IBB + IB1 + IB2 + IB3 + IB4 + IB5 + IB6 + IB7 + IB8 < IBBM
Locall powered hubs have no such limit and can be loaded to the maximum rating of their backbone and
bus outputs.
1 See “CIB-tech installation manual” for details.
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