Adder Technology 1000 manual Tips for successful cascading, To connect units in cascade

Connecting units in cascade

The method for cascading AdderView CATx 1000 units is straightforward and requires no hardware settings or lengthy configuration process.

The method of linking AdderView CATx 1000 units is the same regardless of the cascade level, or number of devices attached. Put simply:

•A single cascade link is made by connecting a computer connections socket of one unit to the REMOTE user port socket of the unit below it.

Please consider the following when making cascade connections between AdderView CATx 1000 units.

Tips for successful cascading

•The maximum number of levels for a cascade is two.

•For each cascade link, use a standard category 5, 5e or 6 twisted-pair cable, terminated at each end with an RJ45 connector. There must be no crossover connections within the cable. The cascade link cables can be up to 50m (160 feet) in length. However, remember that the overall length between the remote user (via an X100 or X200 extender) and any computer (via a CAM) must not exceed 300m (980 feet) - that figure includes the cascade link cables. Also ensure that the total length from the top AdderView CATx 1000 to any CAM does not exceed 10m.

•The procedure given opposite may be carried out in any order but for clarity the instruction will begin at the higher level AdderView CATx 1000 unit (here called the upper unit), i.e. the one that is being fed into by a unit at the cascade level below (here called the lower unit). The procedure remains the same regardless of exactly which cascade levels are being connected. The basic rule is that each link is made by connecting a computer connectionS port of the upper switch to a CATx user portS of the lower switch.

To connect units in cascade
1	Ensure that power is disconnected from the
	AdderView CATx 1000 and all other units to
2	be connected.	7
	Connect one end of the cascade link cable		6
	to an appropriate COMPUTER CONNECTIONS			5
	port on the rear panel of the upper unit.				INDOORUSEONLY
		COMPUTER
		3	CONNECTIONS
			2
				1

3	Connect the other end of the cascade
	link cable to the remote user RJ45
	socket on the front panel of the
	lower unit.
4	Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the cascade
	links between each AdderView	KVM
		onl
	CATx 1000 unit.	y

Once the AdderView CATx 1000 units and computers have been connected, you can edit their names to make it much

easier to locate them. See the To create/ edit computer names section in the Configuration chapter for more details.

See also

• Addressing computers in a cascade

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