LevelOne POH-0850TX manual

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    POH-0850TX 19” 8-port MidSpan POE HUB USER MANUAL[...]

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    i Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................... 1 Featur es .................................................................................................................... 1 Package Cont ents ..................................................................................................[...]

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    1 1. Introduction Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) eliminates the need to run 110/220 VAC power to other devices on a wired LAN. Using Power-over-Ether net system installers need to run only a single CAT5 Ethernet cable that carries both power and data to each de vice. This allows greater flexibil ity in the locating of network dev ices and significantly [...]

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    2  Remote power feeding up to 100 mete rs and for IEEE802.3 10Base-T, IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX standard  Centralized power distribution for PoE powered Device (PD)  High safety short circuit protec tion to prevent cable short  Supports IEEE 802.3af non-st andard devic e, and support manual detect PD  Auto refresh port status and suppor[...]

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    3 2. Hardware Description This Section mainly describes the hardwar e of the POH-0850TX, and gives a physical and functional overview. P h y s i c a l D i m e n s i o n The 8-port Power over Ethernet Hub physical dimension is: 440mm x 224mm x 44mm (Lx W x H) F r o n t P a n e l The Front Panel of the POH-0850TX consis ts of 8x RJ-45 Ethernet ports,[...]

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    4 Figure 2-2. LED indicators LED Status Color Description On Green Power is transmitting to the device Power Forwarding Off -- Power is not transmitting to the device On Orange Device is overload or short. Off -- D evice attached. Power Off Blinking Orange Detecting the device Table 2-1. The Description of LED Indica tors Notice The “Power Off”[...]

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    5 side of power cord connects to the power outlet. The in ternal power supply of the Switch works with voltage range of AC in the 100-240VAC, frequency 50~60Hz. Check the power indicator on the front panel to see if power is properly supplied. N e t w o r k A p p l i c a t i o n The Power over Ethernet Hub can provides power to the PD that follow t[...]

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    6 3. Software Utility Installation Berfore you star to remote configuring PD, please intsall the sof tware utility. Through the software utility, you can easily to cont roll the PD that connect with PoE and view the PD parameter informations . The software utility provides GUI interface and user can easily to start with it. The software ut ility su[...]

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    7 Figure 3-2 6. When installation finishes, click “O K” button to finish. See Figure 3-3. Figure 3-3 7. To run the software utility, go to “ Star ”  “ Program ”  “ Power Over Ethernet ”.[...]

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    8 8. If you want to remove the software utility, go to “ Star ”  “ Control Panel ”  “ Remove/ Add application ”  “ Power Over Ethernet ”.[...]

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    9 4. GUI Management C o n n e c t i n g t o P o E Connecting the PoE with PC through the cons ole port. Then, connect the PD (Powered Device) to the port of PoE. Run the so ftware utility and select the COM port form Serial Link Setup function. You will see the main utility interface as figure 4-1. Figure 4-1. The GUI management interface The GUI m[...]

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    10 device current configuration to the ut ility system and enable auto refresh function.  Port Specific Control: each port specific function control and relate parameters display.  Parametric Information: port parameters information di splay. System Setup & Control  Master Enable: Enable/Disable the control of GUI. You must enable this[...]

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    11 System Information  Chip Version: display the system chipset version and revision information.  Firmware Version: display the system firmware version.  Utility Version: display the system utility version  Total Port Power (W): total of all the port power that the system provided to PD. Figure 4-3. System Information interfac e Device[...]

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    12 Figure 4-4 Device Setting interface[...]

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    13 Port Specific Control  Port Enable: enabling the port. This function is co-responding with “Master Enable” function.  Bypass Detection: bypass the detection function. Normally the system will try to detect the 25k Ω resistor in an 802.3af compliant PD device. If the PD doesn’t follow by IEEE 802.3af standard, you can e nable this o[...]

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    14 The LED indicator will change depends on the PD status.  Green: It represents PD is connecting with the POE hub system and working normally.  Yellow: It represents there is no PD connecting with the port.  RED: It represents PD’s power request is over the system support limit or the cable is short.  Fault Status: display the PD err[...]

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    15 Parametric Information  Discovery R (ohms): display resistance value.  Port Current (mA): display current value.  Port Voltage (V): display voltage value.  Port Power (W): display watt value.  Class Current (mA): display class current value. When you enable the “Bypass classification” function, the class current value will not[...]

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    16 5. Technical Specification St andard IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet Connector Data in: 8 x RJ-45, Data pin 1,2,3,6 Data and power out: 8 x RJ-45. Data pin 1,2,3,6 Power pin (V+): 4, 5, Power pin (V-): 7,8 Power out put Per port DC 48V@350mA (Maximum), Per system 125Watts (maximum) Management Microsoft windows based application for power managem[...]

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    17 Parametric information It will show current PD parameters which include Discover-resistor detected value, current, voltage, power consumption, classification current and determined class LED System: power Per port: power Forwarding, power off Power AC 100~240V, 50/60 Hz, 130 Watts, IEC power socket with fuse and power switch Power consumption 13[...]

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    18 6. Appendix Console Port Pin Assignments The female DB-9 serial port on the POE hub front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The web inte rface configuration program can be accessed from PC running the syst em utility program. T he pin assignments used to connect to the serial port ar e provided in the [...]

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    19 Console Port to 9-Pin DTE Port on PC Switch’s 9-Pin Serial Port CCITT Signal PC’s 9-Pin DTE Port 2 RXD <---------RXD ------------ 3 TxD 3 TXD -----------TXD ----------> 2 RxD 5 SGND -----------SGND ---------- 5 SGND No other pins are used.[...]