TABLE OF CONTENTS
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Table of Contents
1: OVERVIEW
CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................. 1-1
C
ONNECTIVITY
...................................................................................................................... 1-1
P
OWER
AND
G
ROUND
........................................................................................................ 1-2
I
NDICATORS
.......................................................................................................................... 1-2
M
OUNTING
O
PTIONS
.......................................................................................................... 1-3
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 1-4
P
HYSICAL
.............................................................................................................................. 1-4
E
NVIRONMENTAL
................................................................................................................. 1-4
T
YPE
T
ESTS
........................................................................................................................... 1-4
P
OWER
R
EQUIREMENTS
...................................................................................................... 1-6
P
ORTS
AND
E
XTERNAL
C
ONNECTORS
.............................................................................. 1-7
I
NDICATORS
.......................................................................................................................... 1-7
PINOUTS .............................................................................................................................................. 1-9
RJ45 ..................................................................................................................................... 1-9
F
IBER
O
PTIC
......................................................................................................................... 1-9
DB9 (F
EMALE
) – C
ONSOLE
P
ORT
..................................................................................... 1-10
P
HOENIX
C
ONNECTOR
– A
LARM
P
ORT
............................................................................ 1-10
P
HOENIX
C
ONNECTORS
– S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
........................................................................ 1-11
FEATURES AND BENEFITS ............................................................................................................ 1-12
M
ULTINET
4 M
ULTI
-P
ORT
S
ERIAL
S
ERVER
& M
ANAGED
S
WITCH
................................ 1-12
F
EATURES
S
UMMARY
.......................................................................................................... 1-13
2: GETTING STARTED
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................... 2-1
T
OOLS
................................................................................................................................... 2-1
S
ITE
S
UITABILITY
.................................................................................................................. 2-1
W
IRING
AND
G
ROUNDING
G
UIDELINES
........................................................................... 2-2
F
IBER
O
PTIC
S
AFETY
........................................................................................................... 2-2
F
IBER
O
PTIC
H
ANDLING
..................................................................................................... 2-3
E
XTERNAL
C
ONNECTIONS
.................................................................................................. 2-3
UNPACKING ....................................................................................................................................... 2-4
INSTALLATION OF THE MULTINET4 UNIT .............................................................................. 2-5
M
OUNTING
........................................................................................................................... 2-5
Mounting Hardware .................................................................................................2 - 5
Mounting in a 19” Rail System - General ........................................................2 - 5
Mounting in a 19” Rail System - Conventional Mounting .......................2 - 6
Mounting in a 19” Rail System - Reverse Mounting ..................................2 - 7
Mounting on a Panel ................................................................................................2 - 8
Mounting in a DIN Rail System ............................................................................2 - 10
C
ONNECTING
F
ACILITY
P
OWER
......................................................................................... 2-11
Making the Ground and Power Connections ...............................................2 - 11
C
ONNECTING
TO
THE
C
ONSOLE
P
ORT
AND
THE
A
LARM
P
ORT
.................................... 2-13
Console Port .................................................................................................................2 - 13
Alarm Port .....................................................................................................................2 - 13
C
ONNECTING
N
ETWORK
C
ABLES
...................................................................................... 2-13
Connecting Serial Cables .......................................................................................2 - 13
Connecting RJ45 Twisted Pair .............................................................................2 - 14
Connecting ST-type Fiber Optics (twist-lock) ................................................2 - 14
Connecting SC-type or LC-type Fiber Optics (snap-in) .............................2 - 15