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2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
Thank you for purchasing this Patton Electronics product. This product
has been thoroughly inspected by Patton’s qualified technicians. If any
questions or problems arise during installation or use of this product,
please do not hesitate to contact Patton Electronics Technical Support at
(301) 975-1007.
2.1 FEATURES
• Synchronous or asynchronous operation
• 2-wire half-duplex or 4-wire full- or half-duplex
• V.52 & V.54 test modes
• Automatic equalization & gain control
• Anti-streaming timer
• Data rates to 57.6 kbps
• Distances up to 20 miles (32 km)
• Point-to-point or multipoint
• Internal, external, or received loopback clocking
• Hardware and software flow control support
• Built-in transformer isolation & high speed surge protection
• Bi-color LED indicators
• Switchable 120V or 240V power supply
• Mounts in Patton’s 16-card rack chassis
• Detects broken or inferior cable by lighting error LED
2.2 DESCRIPTION
The Model 1080ARC Series Universal Short Range Modem
operates
2-wire (half duplex) or 4-wire (full or half duplex), in synchronous or asyn-
chronous modes at an extended range of 20 miles. It operates at 12
switch-selectable data rates to 57.6 kbps. The Model 1080ARC always
operates in sync. mode between the local and remote modems; when
connected to an async. RS-232 device, the Model 1080ARC converts
the async. data to sync. data.
