Black Box SW980AE, SW981AE, SW982AE manual LOCAL/REMOTE Electronic Switches

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LOCAL/REMOTE ELECTRONIC SWITCHES

7.Put the Switch in the site you’ve selected.

8.Shut off the equipment you plan to connect to the Switch.

9A. SW980 and SW982 units only: Connect the cable from the “common” device (the one that’s going to access—or be shared by—the other devices) to the common connector (marked “C”) on the Switch’s rear panel. Connect the cables from the “branch” devices (those that will share—or be intermittently accessed by—the other device) to the branch connectors (marked “A” and “B” [and “D” and “E” on the SW982]) on the Switch’s rear panel.

9B. SW981 units only: Connect the cables from the two “source” devices to the connectors on the Switch’s rear panel labeled “A” and “B.” Connect the cables from the “destination” devices to the connectors on the Switch’s rear panel labeled “AA” and “BB.”

10.Remotely switched applications using terminated cable only: Plug the cable’s RJ-45 plug into the connector marked “REMOTE” on the Switch’s rear panel. Make sure that the appropriate wires are attached to the appropriate pins in the RJ-45 plug (refer to Tables 4-1and 4-2on pages 20 and 21). The ground of the remote driver, or one side of the dry contact, must be connected to the connector’s ground pin. The remote driver’s output(s), or the other side of the dry contact, must be connected to the connector’s input pin(s).

11.Plug the Switch’s power supply into an AC outlet.

12.Turn on the attached equipment.

Your Local/Remote Electronic Switch should now be ready for continuous operation, but test it to make sure it has been installed properly. See Chapter 4.

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Contents Local/Remote Electronic Switches European Union Declaration of Conformity LOCAL/REMOTE Electronic Switches NOM STATEMENT, Trademarks Contents Data Rate SpecificationsMtbf SW982AE IntroductionBefore You Install Installation and ConfigurationSetup Procedure PCB layout of the SW980 models PCB layout of the SW981 models PCB layout of the SW982 models Rear panel of the SW980 models Rear panel of the SW981 models Serial Parallel LOCAL/REMOTE Electronic Switches Operation Local SwitchingSwitching in the SW981 models Remote Switching Pinout of the RJ-45 Connector Signal Levels for Port Selection Test Results Shipping and Packaging TroubleshootingCalling Black Box Page Copyright 2000. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved

SW981AE, SW980AE, SW980A, SW981A, SW982A specifications

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