GarrettCom H80P, H80B manual Functional Operation, Use of LED Indicators

Models: H80B H80P

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Magnum H80B and H80P Personal Hubs User Guide (07/95)

4.0OPERATION

This section details the various operational features of Magnum Personal Hubs, including a description of the LED indicators. All Personal Hubs are fully compliant with the Ethernet Version 2/IEEE 802.3 Repeater Specification for CSMA/CD 10 Mbps operation and will function accordingly.

4.1Functional Operation, Use of LED Indicators

Power On (PWR) LED: Illuminates GREEN to show functional DC power.

Link Status (LINK) LED (per port): Illuminates GREEN when

there is proper connectivity on the port's 10BASE-T network segment. Each LINK LED will turn off independently in the event that connectivity is lost between the ends of that segment or a loss of power occurs in the segment at either end.

Note: When the switchable port is wired for up-link to another hub, the LINK LED will normally be on when the up-link switch is set to the X position. With the up-link switch off (= position), the LINK LED is off as the up-link is disabled. This permits local operation of the Personal Hub with full bandwidth.

Receive Packets (RX) LED (per port): Illuminates GREEN

intermittently to indicate that data is being received from the segment. This provides a visual indication of network activity for re- assurance of normal operation, and is helpful in troubleshooting.

Partitioning and Re-connection: Personal Hubs will automatically

partition any port where 32 consecutive collisions occur or after 6.5 ms of continuous transmissions. Network integrity is checked every 800 ms and segment re-connection occurs after one 512-bit packet is transmitted without an error.

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H80B, H80P specifications

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