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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1
USING THIS MANUAL ........................................................................1-1
1.2 GETTING
HELP ....................................................................................1-2
1.3
THE INTELLIGENT REPEATER MODULE (IRM) ...........................1-2
1.4
REPEATER FUNCTIONALITY ...........................................................1-4
1.5
NETWORK MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES ...................................1-4
1.6 RELATED
MANUALS..........................................................................1-5
CHAPTER 2 NETWORK REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
2.1
NETWORK REQUIREMENTS.............................................................2-1
2.1.1 AUI Port Requirements....................................................2-1
2.1.2 Thin-Net Requirements....................................................2-1
2.2 OPERATING
SPECIFICATION ...........................................................2-2
CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING THE IRM
3.1
UNPACKING THE IRM........................................................................3-1
3.2
SETTING THE IRM JUMPERS ..........................................................3-1
3.2.1 Setting the Battery Enable/Disable Jumper .....................3-1
3.2.2 Setting the Default Setting Jumper (JP4).........................3-3
3.2.3 Setting the THN-MIM Jumper (JP2) ...............................3-3
3.3
INSTALLING THE IRM........................................................................3-4
3.4
CONNECTING THE IRM TO THE NETWORK .................................3-5
3.4.1 Connecting to the Network Via the AUI Port..................3-5
3.4.2 Connecting to the Network Via the BNC Port.................3-8
CHAPTER 4 TESTING AND LANVIEW
4.1
INSTALLATION CHECK-OUT ..........................................................4-1
4.2
USING LANVIEW................................................................................4-2
4.3
USING THE RESET SWITCH .............................................................4-3