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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3. Run a Category 5 cable from the RJ-45 socket on
the Local Module (the connector marked “Link to
HUB”) to the RJ-45 socket marked “IN” on the
(first) Hub.
As you run CAT5 cable, make sure that you don’t run it
too far—no more than 1000 ft. (305 m) of UTP or
800 ft. (240 m) of STP between devices—and make sure
you don’t run it too close to electrically noisy equipment
(motors, generators, compressors, fluorescent lights,
etc.).
4. Run Category 5 cables from the numbered RJ-45
sockets on the Hub to the “IN” ports on other
Hubs or to the RJ-45 sockets labeled “Link from
HUB” on your Remote Modules.
5. If you are using any Dual Remote Modules in your
System,
run a Category 5 cable from the RJ-45
socket labeled “Signal Pass-Thru” on each Dual
Remote Module to the RJ-45 socket labeled “Link
from HUB” on a regular Remote Module. (You
must make this connection in order for the Dual
Remote Module to be properly terminated. If you
don’t, the unterminated Dual Remote Module’s
video output will be significantly degraded.)