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ARCNET Active Hub 

Part No. 05P00090-0279

For use on MicroTrac Local Area Network

RD 90-279

© 1997  MagneTek, Inc.

97-04

Summary of Contents for 05P00090-279

Page 1: ...ARCNET Active Hub Part No 05P00090 0279 For use on MicroTrac Local Area Network RD 90 279 1997 MagneTek Inc 97 04...

Page 2: ...recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without written permission of the publisher MicroTrac DSD PAC and MagneTek are trademarks of MagneTek Inc Revision History The following...

Page 3: ...Table of Contents 4 23 97 Table of Contents Page Warranty ii INTRODUCTION 1 INSTALLATION 3 LAN CABLING RULES AND GUIDELINES 4 MASTER SLAVE CONFIGURATION 6 OPERATION 8 RD 90 279 1997 MagneTek Inc 97 0...

Page 4: ...without its prior consent Products which the Company consents to have returned shall be shipped prepaid f o b the Company s factory The Company cannot assume responsibility or accept invoices for una...

Page 5: ...lers remote logic nodes remote computers etc The ARCNET Hub receives messages sent by any one transmitting node and relays the message to all other nodes on the network The ARCNET Hub has four ports E...

Page 6: ...INTRODUCTION 2 INTRODUCTION 4 23 97 RD 90 279 1997 MagneTek Inc 97 04...

Page 7: ...a star washer 6 Important Note Read LAN Cabling Rules and Guidelines The ARCNET Hub stand alone unit comes ready to be mounted on a panel It is recommended that the stand alone unit be firmly grounde...

Page 8: ...ts A maximum of eight 8 nodes can be connected to each Active Hub port Each LAN node is directly connected to the coaxial cable with a TEE connector MagneTek Part No 05P00034 0540 Both ends of the coa...

Page 9: ...etween nodes See Note below Node Terminators 93 Port ARCNET LAN SEGMENT See Note below for LAN cable length Note LAN cable length can be up to 900 feet for each of the Hub ports The minimum cable leng...

Page 10: ...s follows 1 Position jumpers of E4 in one of the Active Hubs as shown This will be the master Active Hub 2 Position jumpers of E4 in the other Active Hubs as shown These will be the slave Active Hubs...

Page 11: ...ble connector is used in J1 to daisy chain the master and slave Active Hubs Figure 3 Ribbon and Connectors for Master Slave Configuration 10 pin connector MagneTek Part No 05P00034 0321 10 pin ribbon...

Page 12: ...s all the active nodes on the network See What To Do When the Recon Indicator Lights Up The Recon yellow LED indicator shows the stability of the network This light is OFF when the system is operating...

Page 13: ...etc Verify fuses The unit includes two 2 fuses One fuse is located on the power supply board If needed replace this fuse with a 5MF2A250V or equivalent The other fuse is located in the Input Power co...

Page 14: ...n these LAN segments should be looked at next in order to isolate the trouble making node A Does Recon LED stay ON Yes No Go to next LAN segment Disconnect all LAN segments from Hub From first LAN seg...

Page 15: ...to the LAN segment watching the RECON indicator LED If it stays ON disconnect that node and move to the next node Note that it is normal for the RECON LED to turn on initially when a node is added how...

Page 16: ...Make sure system has a good grounding scheme Contact MagneTek for Grounding Practices publication Swap suspected bad hardware PCB with a known good hardware PCB Make sure ARCNET coaxial TEE connector...

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