GarrettCom manual Standard Link Pass-Through feature in 14E

Magnum14E Media Converters Installation and User Guide (10/02)

4.5 Standard LINK Pass-Through feature in 14E:

A LINK Pass-through feature is standard in all Magnum 14E’s. It works one way only, i.e., RJ-45 LINK status pass-through to fiber, in order not to interfere with the auto-negotiation feature if it is turned on

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LINK Pass-through on 14E’s allows network devices attached to the RJ-45 port to sense the LINK status of the

attached copper cable along with the devices attached to both ends. When LINK is ON for the copper cable, that status is passed to the fiber port’s LINK indicator of the 14E, and if the

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