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2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
Thank you for your purchase of this Patton Electronics product. This
product has been thoroughly inspected and tested and is warranted for
one year for parts and labor. If any questions or problems arise during
installation or use of this product, contact Patton Electronics Technical
Support at +1 (301) 975-1007.
2.1 FEATURES
• Easy to install standalone VLINK modems—
no configuration required • Auto-sensing full or half-duplex Ethernet
• Auto-sensing 10/100Base-T
• Extends network connections up to 6,652 ft (2.03 km) over 2-wire 24-
AWG unconditioned lines
• Switch selectable line rates up to 16.67 Mbps
• 7 symmetric or asymmetric settings via DIP switch
• POTS/ISDN splitter on board
• Transparent operation
• LED indicators for Power, Ethernet Link & Activity, VLINK & Quality of Line
(QOL)
• Surge suppression up to 20 kA (8/20
µ
s)
• Available in rack-mount or standalone configurations
• Made in the USA
2.2 DESCRIPTION
The Patton Electronics Model 1068/CO* and 1068/CP VDSL* modems
provide high-speed LAN connections between peered Ethernet LANs,
remote PC’s, or any other network enabled 10/100Base-T device.
Operating in pairs, a Model 1068/CO (central office) located at one end of
the LAN extension and a Model 1068/CP (customer premise) at the other
end, these units can automatically forward LAN broadcasts, multicasts,
and frames across a 2-wire voice-grade twisted-pair link. The data is
* Only Models 1068DV/CO and 1068DV/CP have POTS/ISDN split-
ters on board.