Welcome!
Congratulations on your purchase of the M5-1001, Optical DVI+USB extender.
This manual contains information that will assist you in installing and operating
the product.
Product Description
The M5-1001 module offers up to 10 kilo-meters extension of DVI digital
graphic data and USB data and RS232C serial data over fiber, directly
connected between computers and displays or USB or RS232C devices. Two
boxes, located one in the computer and the other in the display or devices are
connected to each of them by a 1.0 m DVI copper cable or USB or RS232C
cables. Between two boxes, the SC patch cord fiber bundled cable enables to
transmit not only TMDS graphic data and USB data over it but also the Digital
Display Channel (DDC2B) interface and Hot-plug function are performed over
the same fiber cable.
Shipping Group of
M5-1001 Optical DVI+USB extender
Tx and Rx boxes:
One Uplink(Tx) Box & One Downlink(Rx) Box.
AC/DC power adapter:
Two +12V/3A units (including AC cord).
User’s Manual
Option:
Duplex SC Fiber Patch Cord bundled cable (Single mode
glass fiber).
Figure 1 – Overall Optical DVI+USB Extender system
1-1 Welcome, Product Description
System Requirements for Setup
Hardware requirements
You have a graphic controller card with a DVI port in your
Windows/Mac (Mac is option), or SUN system. It should support
the maximum graphic resolution feature of the display to be
connected.
In case of using a computer, no special memory size, CPU
speed and chipsets are required.
The USB controller and devices should be compatible with
USB1.1.
Proper initial trial of the entire platform with its application using
a short length copper cable is recommended prior to install with
the optical link.
Software requirements
No special needs, if the DVI graphic controller and display
peripheral are operational with the platform’s OS and
application.
All OS, Windows/Mac, Unix, and SUN would recognize
automatically in the boot-up process the 4 port USB hubs.
AC/DC Power Adapter Technical Advisory
The power of M5-1001 is designed to supply to each module of Tx
and Rx by plugging to each of the power plugs.
1-2 System Requirements for Setup
