These provisions specify the characteristics to be met by remote control and data cables in RIC passenger coaches.
These provisions also apply to installation in traction units.
The remote control and date cable is comprised of the following elements:
flexible cables, connected to 18-pin couplers, together with 18-pin coupler sockets at each end wall,
multi-pin connection points inside the coach in the end wall area,
a double-conductor screened cable, with redundant capacity, between the connection points in the end wall area and the connections of the data communication system,
connection lines from the connection points in the end wall area to the control box and to the public system in accordance with UIC Leaflet 568.
UIC 558-1996 history
1996UIC 558-1996 Remote control and data cable Standard technical features for the equipping of RIC coaches