GarrettCom 14E manual Connectivity between 100BASE-TX

Installation and User Guide (10/02)

Magnum14E Media Converters

Connectivity between 100BASE-TX						Twisted Pair
						(100BASE-TX)
and 100BASE-FX Ethernet Media.	RX/ACT	Pwr Link	Link	RX\ACT		t
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	TWISTED PAIR		FIBER		n
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		Magnum 14E
In the example figure shown		Media Converter				F
					UP LINK	F
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						A
						k
					t	n
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					c	L
above, the length of fiber Segment X is					A
					/
					x
					R
					RX
1500m (4920 ft). This is 75% of the	.3AMP				TX	Fiber Multi-mode
maximum allowable distance for multi-	9VDC
						(100BASE-FX)
mode 100BASE-FX fiber full-duplex						(ST-type)

media (2000 m) [75/2000 x 100% = 75%]. The length of twisted pair Segment Y is 10m (33 ft). This is 10% of the maximum allowable distance for 100BASE-TX full-duplex twisted-pair media (100 m) [10/100 x 100% = 10%]. The total of the two percentages (75% + 10%) is 85%, which is allowable.

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