Cabletron Systems FOT-DF24 manual

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    T ransmit (XMT) This green LED flashes when the FO T -DF24 transmits data. The LED flash is pulse stretched f or viewing eff ect. The XMT LED is off when the de vice is active b ut not transmitting. Receive (RCV) This y ellow LED flashes when the FO T -DF24 receives data from the netw ork. If attached to a repeater , RCV flashes when data passe[...]

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    A UI Cable The A UI por t connects the T ransceiver to an Ethernet de vice. The cable can be up to 50 meters long and must comply with IEEE 802.3 or with Ethernet V ersion 1 or 2 specifications. Fiber Optic Cable Link Attenuation At an 850 nm wa ve length, link segment atten uation can be no more than: • 13.0 db f or 50/125 µ m cable • 16.0 d[...]