Your FC-50 RS-232 Range Extender

 

 

 

 

Table 1: FC-50 RS-232 Range Extender Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

Feature

 

 

Function

 

 

1

12V DC

 

 

+12V DC connector for powering the unit

 

 

2

CAT 5 RJ-45 Connector

 

Connect to1 the CAT 5 RJ-45 connector on the other FC-50unit

 

 

3

PC / DEVICE Button

 

Press when a device is connected to the RS-232 port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release when a PC is connected to the RS-232 port

 

 

4

RS-2329-pin D-sub

 

 

Connects to either a PC or a device

 

 

 

Connector

 

 

PINs 2, 3 and 5 are passed through the device

 

 

5

GREEN=PC

 

LED

 

Lights in green when the PC/DEVICE button is released and in red

 

 

 

RED=DEVICE

 

 

when the PC/DEVICE button is pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2 and Table 2 define the FC-50underside:

 

Table 2: FC-50 RS-232 Range Extender Underside Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

 

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CROSSED /

Set to CROSSED for a crossed wire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRAIGHT

connection2 between the RS-232 port and the

 

CONNECTION Switch

PC/device

Set to STRAGHT for a straight wire connection between the RS-232 port and the PC/device

Figure 2: FC-50 RS-232

Range Extender Underside

1 Using a UTP CAT 5 cable with RJ-45 connectors at both ends (the PINOUT is defined in Table 3 and Figure 4) 2 PINs 2 and 3 (Rx and Tx) are crossed in the wiring between the 9-pin D-sub connectors

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