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IC408 A B L A C K B O X ® E a s i l y e xt e n d U S B 2. 0 s i g n a l s o v e r a n I P n e tw o r k or di rec tl y o v er a C A T x l in k. 4-Port USB 2.0 Extender over LAN Ord er toll -free in t he U.S . : Call 877- 877-B BOX (ou t side U. S. c all 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 4[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 IC408 A T ra demar k s Used i n t his Manua l / FCC and IC RFI S tatemen t T rademar k s Used in th is Man ual Black Box and the Double Diamond lo go are registered trademarks of B B T echnologies, I nc. Ma c and OS X a re re gi ste re d tr ade ma rks o f App le C omp ut er , Inc . Intel is a registered tr[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 IC408 A NOM Statemen t Instrucc iones de Segur idad ( Normas Ofici al es M exican as El ec trica l Safety Stat ement) 1 . T odas las instrucc iones d e seguridad y op eración de berán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléc trico sea operado. 2 . Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación d eberán s [...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 IC408 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 IC408 A Cha pter 1: Sp eci ficat ions 1 . Sp ecifications T echn ical Speci ficat ions Approv als EMC: FC C Class B, CE Class B ; E n vi ro n me nt al: R oHS 2 (C E); Standards: 1 0 0 BASE-T , 1 0 0 0BA SE-T ; Data traffi c: L ayer 2 Current Remote unit: 60 0 m A available at each USB por t concurrently De[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 6 IC408 A Chapte r 2 : Over view 2. Over vie w 2. 1 Intr oduc ti on Ex tend USB signals for up to four devices as far as 32 8 feet (1 0 0 m) over a non- net work ed CA T5e connec tion or over your Ethe rnet L AN. The 4 -Por t USB 2. 0 E x tender over L A N uses inexp ensive UT P cable you may already have in[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 7 IC408 A Chapte r 2 : Over view 2.4 Hardw are Descr ipti on Figure 2 - 1 shows the front and back panels of the Lo cal Ex tender Unit. T able 2 - 1 des cribes the L ocal E x tender components. Figure 2 -2 shows the front and back panels of the Remote E x tender U nit. T able 2- 2 de scribes the Remote E x t[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 8 IC408 A Chapte r 2 : Over view 2.4. 2 Remot e Ex t ender The Remote E x tender provides four downstream T yp e A por t s for USB 2. 0 devices. It enables you to connec t up to t wo USB 2. 0 devices directly . The Remote E x tender is p owered by an ex ternal AC adapter and can supply up to 6 0 0 mA to each[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 9 IC408 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3. Ins tall ation 3. 1 Install ing t he IC4 08A on a Local Area Network 3. 1 . 1 Re quirem ent s T o complete the installation, you will also ne ed the followin g items that are not included with the product. • USB compatible comput er ( host computer ) with a USB- com[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 0 IC408 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion NOTE: Some network s may b e con figured to block devices tha t cons ume a consi stently high level of bandwidth. The IC40 8A may do this when high bandwidth devices are connecte d. Consu lt with your net work administra tor to resolve this. NO TE: Un its wi ll be pa i[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 1 IC408 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion C omputer USB cable Loc al E x tende r USB cable or device connectors Remote E x tend er USB dev ice s Up to 330 fe et (1 0 0 m ) be t ween uni ts over CAT5e (o r b et ter) cabl e Figure 3-2 . IC408A inst alled as direc t connect. 3.2. 2 Prepar ing Y our S ite Before y[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 2 IC408 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3.3 Checki ng the Instal lat ion 1 . On the Lo cal and Remo t e Ex t end er , chec k th at th e Po wer , Li nk, and Host LE Ds ar e on . • F or direct connec t, if the H ost or L ink LEDs are permanently of f , then the cabling bet ween the Local and Remote E x tende[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 3 IC408 A Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3.4 Connecting a U SB Devic e 1 . In sta ll a ny softwa re req ui re d to oper at e the U SB de vi ce (s). Re fe r t o the docu me nta ti on f or the U SB de vi ce (s). 2 . Con nec t the USB device to the device por t on the Remote Ex tender . 3. Check that the d evice[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 4 IC408 A Chapter 4 : T roublesho oting 4. T roubleshooting 4. 1 T ro ubleshoot ing Ti ps The following troubleshooting tips are arranged in the order in w hich they should b e executed ( in most situations). If you are un ab le t o re sol ve t he pr ob lem afte r f oll owi ng th ese i nst ru ctio ns , co [...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 5 IC408 A Chapter 4 : T roublesho oting 4. M ak e sure the net work sw itches are not blo cking traffic from the e xtender s, either base d on MAC address or b ecause of traffic pat ter ns. 5. Cons ult with your net work administrat or . Problem : L ink L EDs on the Lo cal and Remote E xtender s are blinki[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 6 IC408 A Chapter 4 : T roublesho oting Problem : M y USB d evice do es not work at all. Cau se ( s ) : 1 . Insufficient bandwidth is avai lable on the net work to suppor t the device. 2 . The L ocal E x tender is paired to the wrong Remote E x tender . Solut ion (s ) : 1 . Con nec t the Loc al and Remote [...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 7 IC408 A Cha pter 5 : T ech nica l Glossar y 5. T echnica l Glossar y Ca t eg ory 5 (CA T5) Netw or k C ab l i ng — Category 5 c able is commonly also referr ed to as CA T 5. T his c abling is avai lable in ei the r sol id or str ande d twist ed pai r cop per wi re var ia nts and as UTP (Uns hi el ded T[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 8 IC408 A NO TES[...]
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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 9 IC408 A NO TES[...]
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