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    P/N 5500301-15 Perle Fast Ethernet Media Con verters Installation Guide S-100-XXX XX[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 2 Over vie w This docum ent contains instructions n ecessar y for the ins tallation and operation of the Perle Fast Ethernet Standalone M edia Con verters (S-100). Thes e products c onvert a 1 00Base-T X cable c onnection (copper) to a 100Base-X connection (f iber). The f iber connect ion can be [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 3 Installatio n The default s witch settings (all switches in the U P position) will work for m ost installations. There are f ive steps requ ired to conf igure the Perl e Fast Ether net media conv erter: 1. Set the Auto- MDIX jum per setting (op tional). 2. Set the s witch settings ( optional). [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 4 DIP Switches The DIP s witches are ac cessible throu gh the open ing in the s ide of the enclosure Note: All switch cha nges tak e effect imm ediately and will resu lt in a link reset on both ports. DIP Switch Settings Auto Negoti ation (Sw itch 1) Switch Posit ion Mode Up (defau lt) Auto Down [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 5 Link M ode (Switch 2) Switch Posit ion Mode Up (defau lt) Link Pass- Through Mode Down Standard Mo de Link Pass-T hrough: In this mode, the link state on one connec tion is directly reflecte d throug h the m edia converter to th e other conn ection. If link is lost o n one of the connections, t[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 6 If the m edia converter has been s et to Link Pass-T hrough mode, the effec t will be the sam e as FEF, since the link loss on the fiber r eceiver will bring do wn the copp er link, which will in turn c ause the tra nsm it fiber link to be brought d own. Note: T his switch needs to be set to e [...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 7 Pause (Sw itch 5) Switch Posit ion Mode Up (defau lt) Enabled Down Disabled Enabled: W hen Auto Neg otiation has been set to Auto (SW 1), the media conv erter will use t his setting f or its Ethernet param eter negotiation o n the cop per connection. Disable: The m edia co nverter will not nego[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 8 Installing the Duplex Fiber Cable • Locate a 100 Base-X c ompliant dup lex (2 strands ) fiber cable with male co nnections. • Connect the fiber cables f rom one media convert er to the other media conv erter/switch/f iber device e nsuring th at the RX and TX are reversed a t the oppos ite e[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 9 Powering up the Perle Media Conv erter • Connect the Perle supp lied power adapter to th e media converter. • Turn on the power at so urce. • Check that the PW R LED light is lit an d on solid. Operation Status LED The Perle F ast Ethernet M edia converter s have thre e single col or stat[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 10 Other Features Auto-M DIX: Auto-MDIX ( autom atic medium -dependant inter face crossover) detects the s ignalling on the 100B ASE-T interf ace to deter mine the type of cabl e connected (s traight-throu gh or cross over) and automatical ly configures t he conn ection. Error Recov ery: In certa[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 11 Troubleshooting General • Ensure po wer is supplied t o the m edia converter – use of the supplied po wer adapter s is highl y recomm ended. • Ensure both devices on either end of the fiber are c om patible. If using a sim plex fiber con nection, ens ure that you have both an Upstream (U[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 12 Technical Specifications The f ollowing applies to a ll S-100 m edia con verters: Power Inpu t/Consump tion 12V DC / 2.0 W Operating T emperatur e: 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F) Storage Tem perature: - 25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F) Operating Hu midity: 5% to 90% non-condensing Storage Hu[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 13 S-100-S2LC80 SM TX: 15 50 RX: 1550 Min: -5 Max: 0 Min: -34 Max: -3 29 S-100-S2SC120 SM TX: 1550 RX: 1550 Min: 0 Max: 5 Min: -35 Max: -3 35 S-100-S2ST120 SM TX: 1550 RX: 1550 Min: 0 Max: 5 Min: -35 Max: 0 35 S-100-S2LC120 SM TX: 1550 RX: 1550 Min: 0 Max: 5 Min: -35 Max: -3 35 S-100-S1SC20U SM T[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 14 Compliance Information FCC This product has been found to comply with the li mits for a Class A digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har mful interference when the equip ment is operated in a commercial enviro[...]

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    Fast Ethernet Media Converter – Installation Guide 15 Warranty / Reg istration Perle’s stan dard Lifetim e Warrant y provides cus tomers with r eturn to factor y repa irs for Perle products that fail und er the co nditions of the warrant y coverage. Detai ls can be f ound at: http://www .perle.com/sup port_servic es/warran ty.shtm l Contacting [...]