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Instruction Manual – DXLink™ Twisted Pair Transmitters/Receiver
4.
Ensure the ground wire is positioned so that it does not interfere with the DXLink connector.
5.
Attach the ground wire to a common earthed ground (see page 47).
6.
Continue the installation process (or reattach the DXLink cable from the Enova DGX Switcher to the DXLink unit).
Important Twisted Pair Cabling Requirements and Recommendations
The following requirements and recommendations apply to cabling DXLink (RJ-45) connectors:
DXLink cable runs require shielded category cable (STP) of Cat6 (or better).
DXLink twisted pair cable runs for DXLink equipment shall only be run within a common building.*
DXLink delivers 10.2 Gb/s throughput over shielded category cable. Based on this bandwidth requirement,
we recommend following industry standard practices designed for 10 Gigabit Ethernet when designing and
installing the cable infrastructure.
The cables should be no longer than necessary to reach the end-points. We recommend terminating the cable
to the actual distance required rather than leaving any excess cable in a service loop.
For complete cable specifications, see page 31.
For more details and helpful cabling information, reference the white paper titled “Cabling for Success with DXLink”
available at
www.amx.com
or contact your AMX representative.
* “Common building” is defined as: Where the walls of the structure(s) are physically connected and the structure(s)
share a single ground reference.
FIG. 25
Ground wire positioned so it does not interfere with DXLink connector (Wallplate TX shown)
