AT-PC232/POE Media Converter Installation Guide
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Planning the Installation
Observe the following guidelines when planning the installation of your AT-
PC232/POE Media Converter:
❒The end-node connected to the 100Base-FX port must be compatible.
❒The 10/100Base-TX twisted pair port may be set to match the speed
and mode of the connected device or allowed to Auto-Negotiate.
❒The end-node connected to a port on the AT-PC232/POE Media
Converter can be any other ethernet network device, such as an
adapter card, repeater, router, access point, or a switch.
❒The twisted pair cabling must be kept away from sources of electrical
noise, such as radios, transmitters, power lines, broadband amplifiers,
electrical motor, and fluorescent fixtures.
Table 8 lists the twisted pair port cabling specifications.
Table 9 lists the fiber optic port cabling specifications.
Table 8. Twisted Pair Cabling and Distance Specifications
Speed Type of Cable
Maximum
Operating
Distance
10 Mbps Standard TIA.EIA 568-B-compliant
Category 3 or better shielded or
unshielded twisted cabling with 100 ohm
impedance and a frequency of 16 MHz.
100 m (328 ft)
100
Mbps
Standard TIA.EIA 568-B-compliant
Category 5 or Standard TIA.EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 5 (Cat 5e) shielded or
unshielded twisted cabling with 100 ohm
impedance and a frequency of 100 MHz.
100 m (328 ft)
Table 9. Fiber Optic Cabling and Distance Specifications
Speed Cable Type
Maximum
Operating
Distance
100
Mbps
50/125 µm or 62.5/125 µm (core cladding)
multimode fiber optic cable
2 km (1.24 mi.)