REQUIRED ITEMS

You must have the following items to connect the KBD300A to the DX8100 DVR:

KBD300A keyboard with firmware release version 5.0 or greater: For more information about the KBD300A, refer to the Installation/ Operation KBD300A Universal Keyboard manual.

KBDKIT series remote wiring kit: For more information about the KBDKIT, refer to KBDKIT Series Remote Keyboard Wiring Kit.

User-supplied Category 5 straight-through RJ-45 data cable.

INSTALLING KBD300A HARDWARE

This section describes how to install the KBD300A hardware and connect the KBD300A to the DX8100 server.

You must set up the KBDKIT first. Figure 100 illustrates how to wire the user-supplied data cable and connect the 12 VAC transform to the wall block. Table G describes the items in the KBDKIT and provides information needed to connect the KBD300A to the DX8100. The only item not included in the KBDKIT is the data cable. The KBDKIT Series Remote Keyboard Wiring Kit manual is included in the kit.

 

Table G. Items Needed to Install the KBD300A

 

 

Part

Description

 

 

Wall transformer

KBD300A keyboard power transformer for providing 12 VAC.

 

 

RJ-45 wall block

Wall block.

 

 

RJ-45 plug

RJ-45 plug that mates with the RJ-45 socket on the DX8100.

 

 

Data cable

User-supplied Category 5 data cable with a RJ-45 plug attached to one end. This cable connects the wall block

 

to the DX8100. The RJ-45 pin-out for this cable is as follows:

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

 

 

 

 

1

TX+

5

Ground

 

 

 

 

2

TX-

6

NC

 

 

 

 

3

12 VAC

7

RX-

 

 

 

 

4

12 VAC

8

RX+

 

 

 

 

To set up the KBDKIT and install the KBD300A keyboard:

1.Remove the wall block cover.

2.Wire the 12 VAC transformer to the wall block.

3.Construct an RJ-45 Category 5 straight-through cable with no connector on one end that is wired to the correct pin-out of the RJ-45 port on the wall block.

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12 VAC

4

12 VAC

3

2

1

￿

5

6

7

8

￿

1

2

7

8

Figure 99. KBDKIT Wall Block and RJ-45 Cable Wiring

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