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Black Box 2-Port USB 3.0 Fiber Extender manual

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    IC502 A B L A C K B O X ® E a s i l y e xt e n d S u p e r S p e ed U S B 3 . 0 s i g n a l s u p t o 3 30 fee t ( 1 0 0 mete rs ) o v er fi ber . 2-Port USB 3.0 Fiber Extender Ord er toll -free in t he U.S . : C all 877- 877- BBOX (o ut sid e U.S . call 724 -7 4 6 - 550 0 ) FREE tech nical s upp or t 24 ho ur s a day, 7 days a wee k: C all 724 -7[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 IC502 A T ra demar k s Used i n this Manua l / FC C and IC RFI S tatemen t T rademar k s Used in th is Man ual Black Box and the D ouble D iamond log o are registered trademark s of B B T echnologies, Inc. Ma c OS X i s a re gi ste re d tr ade ma rk o f App le C omp ut er , Inc . Intel is a registered trad[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 IC502 A NOM Statemen t Instrucc iones de Segur idad ( Normas Ofic ial es M exica nas El ec trica l Safety Stat ement) 1 . T odas las instrucc iones de s eguridad y op eración deb erán ser leídas antes de que el aparat o eléc trico sea operado. 2 . Las instrucciones de seguridad y o peración d eberán [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 IC502 A T able of Contents T able of C onten t s 1 . Specific ations ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2 . Over view ......................................................[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 IC502 A Cha pter 1: Sp eci ficat ions 1 . Spe cifications T abl e 1- 1. T ech nical S pe cific ation s Approv als EMC : FC C Class B, CE Class B, Mac hin e vis ion: AIA USB 3 Vis ion , E n vi ro n me nt al: R oHS 2 (C E) Current 90 0 m A available to USB dev ice at rem ote e xten der unit for ea ch USB p o[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 6 IC502 A Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2. Over vie w 2. 1 Intr oduc ti on Ex tend USB signals as far as 330 feet (1 0 0 meters ) to t wo remote USB 3.0 devices using secure, interferenc e -free fib er c abling . The 2 - Por t USB 3.0 Fiber Ex tender uses multimode fiber optic c abling to ex tend device signals to[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 7 IC502 A Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2.4 Hardw are Descr ipti on Fi gu re s 2 - 1 an d 2 - 2 sh ow th e fr ont and bac k pan el s of the Loc al Exte nde r Un it . T ab le 2 - 1 des cri bes the loca l exte nde r components. Figures 2- 3 and 2 - 4 show the front and ba ck panels of the Remote E xtender Unit. T ab[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 8 IC502 A Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2.4. 2 Remot e Ex t ender The remote ex tender provides t wo d ownstream T ype A por t s to connect up to t wo USB 3.0 devices directly . The remote ex tender is p owered by an ex ternal AC adapter and can supply up to 9 0 0 mA to each USB por t. Figure 2 -3 . Front panel of[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 9 IC502 A Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2.5 T ypical Appl icati on Figure 2 -5 shows a t ypical installation of the ex tender . USB 3.0 u p to 330 fee t (100 m) over multimod e fib er Assembly lin e Computer and mon itor Loc al E xte nder Remote E x tend er USB 3.0 c ame ra Figure 2 -5. S ample inst allat ion. NO [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 0 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3. Ins tall ation 3. 1 Requ iremen t s T o complete installation of the I C 502A, you will also requir e the following items that are not included w ith the produc t: • USB 3.0 compati ble computer ( host computer ) with a USB 3.0 complia nt operating sy stem. • US[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 1 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion Figure 3- 1 . C ontrol panel s creen. Figure 3-2 . Power o ptions selec ted. For eac h of the pla ns lis ted: a. Clic k on Ch ange Plan Settings.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 2 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion Figure 3-3. Change s et tings screen. 2 . Sele ct “Never” for “Put the computer to sleep ” for all the configur ations presented. a. Cl ick “C hange advanced power s et tings. ” Figure 3 - 4. C hange advanced power s et tings scre en.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 3 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion b. E xpand “USB set tings. ” c. E xpand “USB sele ctive suspend set ting. ” 3. Sele ct “Disabled. ” Figure 3-5. USB s elec tive suspend set ting.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 4 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion OS X T o disable “ suspend ” set tings on your computer : 1 . O pen “System Preferenc es, ” and s elec t “Energy S aver . ” Figure 3 - 6 . System Preferences icon. Figure 3 - 7 . System Preferences screen, Energy Saver selec ted.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 5 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 2 . For b oth Bat ter y and Power Adapter power set tings, move slider bar to “Never ” for “ C omputer Sleep. ” Figure 3- 8 . Batter y and power adapter set tings. 3. In the po pup warning w indow , click “ OK. ” Figure 3-9. Popup warning window.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 6 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3.4 Connecting a U SB 3.0 Devi ce 1 . In sta ll a ny softwa re req ui re d to oper at e the U SB de vic e (s). Ref er t o the docu me nta ti on f or the U SB de vi ce (s). 2 . C onnec t the USB device to the device p or t on the Remote E xtender . If you are using a US[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 7 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3. 7 Check ing th e Ins tal lat ion 1 . On the Local and Remote E x tenders, check that the Power , Statu s, and Host L EDs are on and solid. I f the Host or Status LEDs are permanently off , then the cabling bet ween the Loc al and Remote Ex tender may not be installe[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 8 IC502 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3. 8 Co m pa tib ilit y The IC50 2A complies with the USB 3.0 specification. However , Black Box C orporation does not guaran tee that all USB 3.0 devices are compatible w ith the I C50 2A , because there are a number of different configu rations that may impac t the o[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 9 IC502 A Chapter 4 : T roubleshoo ting 4. T roubleshooting 4. 1 T ro ubleshoot ing Ti ps The fol lowi ng sectio n pr ov ide s tr oub les hoo tin g ti ps. The t opi cs ar e ar ra nge d in the orde r in whi ch th ey sh ou ld be ex ecu te d, in most situations. If you are unable to resolve the problem af ter[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 0 IC502 A Chapter 4 : T roubleshoo ting Problem : S ta t u s L E D i s o ff o n on e or b ot h u n i ts. Cau se ( s ) : 1 . The computer went int o suspend, hibernate , or sleep mod e. 2 . The computer trie d to suspend the USB 3.0 p or t that the Local E x tender is connec ted to . Solut ion (s ) : 1 . Po[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 1 IC502 A Chapter 4 : T roubleshoo ting Problem : All LEDs on both the Lo cal and Remote E x tenders are on, but the USB device do es not op erate correctly or is detec ted as an “Unknown Device ” in the op eratin g sy stem. Cau se ( s ) : 1 . The USB device is malfun c tioning. 2 . The computer d oes [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 22 IC502 A Appendix: T ech nica l Glossar y Appendix. T e chn ical G lossar y A. 1 US B Co n nect ors USB c ables have t wo classes of connec tors. The T ype A connec tors are used to connect the cable from a USB device to a T ype A por t on a computer or hub. The T ype B connector s are used to att ach the [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 23 IC502 A NO TES[...]

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