Thread: CAN Jaguar: could longer CAN cables cause problems?
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Re: CAN Jaguar: could longer CAN cables cause problems?
Alright, I'm fairly certain ours don't exceed 20 ft, not sure though. Isn't 120 ohms the standard resistance for the CAN Jaguar chains? I'm fairly sure ours are set to that, and if they're less than 20 ft, wouldn't 120 ohms be sufficient? I will try the smaller wires we've used before. We might check the ports as well, but it seems unlikely to me because we have been able to connect to the single Jaguars #3 and #5 individually, its when we try to chain them up that problems happen. The output NET port might not be springing back, but probably not the input NET port. (and if the output were loose, that would probably cause a single connection to fail too, due to a lack of resistance)

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Another question I thought of. By "total cable length" are they referring to the length of the whole CAN network, or just the length of one cable between Jaguars?
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