Cocoon PowerTALK 101, User Manual

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PowerTALK 101 allows its two ports to be individually linked to any port of any other PowerTALK
101 unit (the above example shows them linked in a one-to-one fashion just for simplicity). You
can connect as many PowerTALK units as you wish to your network, obeying normal Ethernet
rules, and set up connections between units with complete freedom. For example, set one unit to
accept data from several other units -
PowerTALK
master
PowerTALK PowerTALK PowerTALK
1 2 8
8 logical circuits carried by
Ethernet LAN.
data in/out data in/out data in/out
These and many other configurations can be easily set up, monitored and changed at will from
any unit on the network serially connected to a PC. PT.EXE allows you to make and break logical
links between units, examine and change configurations, unit names, IP numbers etc. of any
PowerTALK 101 on the network. Security is provided by a password for every unit.
PowerTALK 101C provides error corrected, self-repairing logical links. Every network packet is
error checked and sequence numbered to ensure all your data is delivered and is error free.
Should the network or the power fail, all PowerTALK models will automatically re-link when the
problem is resolved.