UV-16 Family of Mini-Cat
®
Senders
3
1. Introduction
1.1 General
This User’s Manual covers several models of Mini-Cat
®
Senders. The
senders can be any of the following models: UV1-S-16X, UVA-16X or
UV232-16X. For these units, the number after the dash represents the
quantity of RJ45 outputs.
The transmission system is comprised of one Rack-Mount Sender unit
and one or more Receiver units (Sold Separately). There are 3
variations of the basic sender which can transmit Video along with
either Phantom Power (UV1-S-16X), Video along with Line-Level
Audio (UVA-16X) or Video along with unidirectional (TX Only)
RS232 (UV232-16X).
The senders convert the video inputs and either power, audio or RS232
signals into a format that can be transmitted using a single inexpensive
and commonly available Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable with
RJ45 connectors. Both UTP and STP (shielded) cables can be used. In
addition you can use Cat5, 5e, 6, or higher. However, for runs of over
250 feet, HRT recommends using “Skew-free” or “Zero-skew” Cat5
cables for best performance.
At the receiving (remote) end, a compatible receiver (sold separately)
is used to convert the UTP signal back to VGA and either power, audio
or RS232.
The product is housed in a 2 RU, 19” Rack mount enclosure and has
connectors for up to 16 video inputs and either Audio or RS232
depending on the model, as well as multiple RJ45 output connectors
for connection to the remote systems.
The RJ45 outputs on the Sender can drive CAT5 LAN cables to 1000
feet (305 meters) with little to no degradation of video quality (500 feet
on some models) depending on resolution of the VGA signal (see table
3.2). The receiver can compensate for video signal losses in long cable
runs.
