Alloy Computer Products POE100 Series manual

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  • Page 1

    POE100 Series 10/100 Base-TX to 100Base-FX Converter POE Power Provider Version 1.01 Date: 13 July 2005[...]

  • Page 2

    1. Overview The POE Series IEEE 802.3u compliant media converters support two types of media 10/100 Base-TX and 100Base-FX. With LFP (Link Fault Propagation) support it allows the adminis trator to easily diagnose link faults on their network. If the Copper or Fibre link fails, the converter forces the link status of the connecting device to also f[...]

  • Page 3

    3. Checklist Before you start installing the POE converter, please verify that the package contains the following items. - The POE100 Series - AC Power Cord - CD containing this manual Please notify your sales representativ e if any of the above items are missing or damaged. 4. Installing the Converter 4.1 POE100 converter with a Powered Device (PD[...]

  • Page 4

    Fig. 1 View of the POE 100 Series Media Converter Fig. 2 Example connection between POE100, PD device and Fibre Cable Fig. 3 POE100 Series to PD Device or POE Splitter (VOIP Phone) RX TX TX RX VOIP PoE Phone, (PoE PD) or PoE Splitter POE100 Series Media Converter AC 100FX Fibre Network[...]

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    10/ 100B ase-T X t o 100 Base- F X Con verter PO E1 00 S eri es PO E Po we r Provid e r Fig. 4 POE100 Series Medi a Converter Front Panel Fig. 5 POE100 Series Media Converter Rear Panel Fig. 6 Pairs used for transmitti ng power over Ethernet Cable. Note: The pins used for delivering power to the Powered Device follow the IEEE 802.3af standard. Endp[...]

  • Page 6

    5. WDM Single Fibre Model The POE100 Series media converter has an optional Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Model that can trans port bi-directional full duplex signals over a single fibre simultaneously. Single Fibre Model TX, RX Wavelength TX (Transmit) 1310nm 1310nm Single Mode 20Km RX (Receive) 1550nm TX (Transmit) 1550nm 1550nm Single M[...]

  • Page 7

    Note : ● indicates LNK/ACT LED Lit ○ indicates LNK/ACT LED Off ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● C B 10/100 Switch 10/100 Switch Fibre Cable A TP TP LFP LFP Fibre Cable B A ○ ○ ○ ○ ● C ○ ○ TP TP 10/100 Switch Remote Station 10/100 Switch LFP LFP Fig. 7 Normal Status via a pair of LFP’s A B 10/100 Switch LFP ● LFP 10/100 Switch TP ?[...]

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    7. LED Description The following table describes the LED’s located on the POE100 Series media converter. LED Colour Function FX LNK/ACT Green Lit when fibre connection has link Blinks when fibre data is present FX FDX/COL Amber Lit when full-duplex mode is active Off when half-duplex is active Blinks when collision is present TP LNK/ACT Green Lit[...]

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    Note: 1. S1-2 and S1-3 will take effect onl y when S1-1 is set to TP-Force 2. S1-5 must be set to 100F DX for Single Fibre Model 3. S1-6 must be set to POE when you need to supply power to a PD. Warning: - When the copper port is set to AUTO and is connected to a device that is forced to 100Mbps FDX, an unknown state may result. - Please ensure tha[...]