Copyright © July, 2011
Microsemi
Page 13
Rev.A03
Analog Mixed Signal Group
2381 Morse Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614, USA; Phone (USA): (800) 713-4113, ROW: (949) 221-7100 Fax: (949) 756-0308
Green blinks
once every
0.5 seconds
Valid load.
Total aggregated
power exceeds
predefined power
budget
Power is not connected to
port.
No DC voltage is present on
port output lines.
3.3 Connectors
On Midspan’s front panel there’s a Console port. Using a standard USB
cable, users can connect a terminal to this port and load software.
Note
: USB connection requires 'CP210x Driver.exe' installation.
Supplied CD provides the driver.
Console port is set to 38,400-baud for managed units and 19,200-baud
for unmanaged units, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. Figure
3-2
displays pin connections for this connector.
DC -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
RJ-IN
RJ-OUT
Ethernet
Switch
PD
RJ-45
RJ-45
Data
Data
Data
Data
Midspan Channel
Po
we
r B
u
s
Data
Data
Data
DC +
Data
DC -
DC +
Figure 3-2: Connecting to Midspan
Each data port is configured, as shown in Figure
3-2, as data “Pass-
Through” ports for all data pins (pins 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 5, 7, and 8). Make sure
you are using cabling of Category 5 or higher.
