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FEATURES
• Connections for 850-nm multimode,
1300-nm multimode, and 1300-nm
single-mode fiber.
• Various models support 10BASE-T,
10BASE2, 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX,
and 100BASE-SX protocols and cabling
standards.
• LinkLoss and FiberAlert notify network
managers of “silent failures.”
• Externally accessible port settings.
• RoHS compliant.
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OVERVIEW
Compact Media Converters are low-cost, fixed-configuration
media converters. Converters with 10-Mbps modules provide
a single conversion between 10BASE-T and either 10BASE2
(ThinNet) or multimode or single-mode fiber. Converters with
100-Mbps modules provide conversion between 100BASE-TX
and either 100BASE-SX multimode fiber or 100BASE-FX
multimode or single-mode fiber.
At only 1U high, these units are extremely compact. All
selectable features are externally accessible, and each port
includes diagnostic LEDs. Twisted-pair ports feature a straight-
through/crossover switch. BNC ports feature a termination
switch.
An autosensing power supply is built into each converter,
so there’s no need to buy any additional equipment.
To assist you in pinpointing link faults between media-
conversion products, the media converters feature LinkLoss
™
and FiberAlert
™
.
When the fiber segment has a link fault, LinkLoss passes
the fault to the twisted-pair segment and drops the twisted-
pair link LED.
When a fiber optic receive fault is detected, FiberAlert
makes the link LED for the opposite end of the fiber conver-
sion pulse, indicating that there’s a problem and eliminating
“silent failures.”
You can enable or disable LinkLoss/FiberAlert via a DIP
switch located on the bottom of any converter unit.
The LMC009A-R4 includes two external switches, one
that selects termination on the BNC port and one that selects
crossover for the UTP port. The other converters include an
external MDI-X switch for selecting crossover or passthrough
twisted-pair connections on the UTP port.
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