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Perle Type 4 High-Power PoE Ethernet Media Converter
Installation Guide
Half Duplex:
The Media Converter Module will be set to Half
Duplex mode on its fiber link.
Loopback Fiber-1 (Switch 7)
Loopback Fiber-2 (Switch 8)
Switch Position
Mode
Up (default)
Disabled
Down
Enabled
Disabled
: The loopback feature is disabled. This is default
position for normal operation. The switch must be set to this
position in order for data to pass through the media converter.
Enabled
: This is a test mode. All data received on the receive
(RX) fiber connection is looped back to the transmit (TX) fiber
connection. The data link will be disabled; however, power to the
powered devices will be maintained. This mode will override all
other switch settings.
Note:
On media converters with two fiber ports, both ports can be in
loopback mode at the same time.
Bank 2
PSE Enable Copper-1 (Switch 1, 2)
PSE Enable Copper-2 (Switch 4, 5) (dual copper models
only)
Switch Position
1, 4
Switch Position
2, 5
Type
Up (default)
Up (default)
PSE enabled, normal
detection
Up
Down
PSE enabled,
High capacitance
detection
Down
Up
N/A
Down
Down
PSE disabled
These switches must be set in order to enable the power sourcing
function and to indicate the type of device detection required. If the
device type is unknown, the default should be used as per
IEEE802.3af/at/bt standards.
