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5 Communications between Crestron Cresnet devices occurs on the Cresnet bus. Cresnet is Crestron's proprietary 4-wire communications network that provides both 24V DC power and low-voltage, bidirectional communication that adheres to to RS-485 standards.
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7 Each job with Cresnet devices will have at least one Cresnet bus network. Every Cresnet bus network has a single //host// or //primary// device and one or more //client// or //secondary// devices (older materials may refer to hosts as //masters// and clients as //slaves//).
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9 Zūm Link wiring is covered in more detail [[here>>doc:SHOWRUNNER™ Setup Guide.Troubleshooting Guide.Troubleshooting.Zūm Wired Wiring Overview.WebHome]].
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11 = Cabling =
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13 Cresnet cabling provides the physical infrastructure for communication between Crestron Cresnet devices and consists of a 4-wire, 2-pair cable available directly from Crestron with either plenum and non-plenum rated jackets.
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15 |=Pair|=Color|=Purpose|=Pinout
16 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" %)18 AWG pair|Red|24 V DC Power|24
17 |Black|Common|G
18 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" %)22 AWG shielded twisted pair|White|Data +|Y
19 |Blue|Data -|Z
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21 = Terminations =
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25 == At Devices ==
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29 See //[[Figure 1>>WebHome||anchor="HFigure1"]]// for details.
30 See //[[Figure 2>>WebHome||anchor="HFigure2"]]// for details.
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32 == At Panels ==
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36 = Crestron Wiring Notes =
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38 Crestron includes some general Cresnet wiring guidelines in their submittals. Many of these suggestions are covered above, but we have included them here for reference:
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