Twinax to Fiber
5250 Repeater
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Connecting Terminal 5250 Repeater to Terminal
Equipment
Connect the Terminal 5250 Repeater to the the terminal equipment
using either twinax cable or UTP cable with baluns.
Twinax Connection
To connect twinax cable
between Terminal 5250
Repeater and terminal
equipment:
1. Locate or build
twinax cable that
conform to cable
specifications and
with male twinax
connectors
installed at both
ends. (See page 20)
2. Connect twinax connector at one end of twinax cable to
Terminal 5250 Repeater twinax connector.
3. Connect twinax connector at other end of twinax cable to
terminal equipment twinax connector.
UTP Connection
To connect twisted pair cable between Terminal 5250 Repeater and
terminal equipment:
1. Locate or build twisted pair cables with the following
characteristics:
•
compliant with cable specifications (See page 19)
•
straight through cable configuration (See page 5)
•
male RJ-11 or RJ-45 plug connectors installed at both cable
ends.
NOTE: TRANSITION Network’s part numbers for baluns are:
RJ-45
3-4554
RJ-11
3-1143
Twinax
UTP/Balun Connection
To connect twisted pair cable between host and Host 5250 Repeater,
using twisted pair cables and baluns:
1. Locate or build twisted pair cables with the following
characteristics:
•
compliant with cable specifications (See pages 17 and 18)
•
correct (straight through) cable configuration for site
installation (See page 5)
•
male RJ-11 or RJ-45 plug connectors installed at both cable
ends.
NOTE: TRANSITION Network’s part numbers for baluns are:
RJ-45
3-4554
RJ-11
3-1143
2. Install balun at host twinax connector.
3. Connect male RJ-11 or RJ-45 plug connector at one end of
twisted pair cable to balun on host twinax connector.
4. Install balun at Host 5250 Repeater twinax connector.
5. Connect male RJ-11 or RJ-45 plug connector at other end of
twisted pair cable to balun installed on Host 5250 Repeater
twinax connector.
