APPENDIX B

CHANNEL CABLE SPECIFICATIONS

The physical characteristics of the media cable must meet or exceed

IEEE 802.3 specifications.

Fiber-Optic Cable

Multimode:

62.5 / 125 µm multimode fiber

 

Optional:

 

100 /140 µm multimode fiber

 

85 /125 µm multimode fiber

 

50 /125 µm multimode fiber

Singlemode:

9 µm singlemode fiber

Twisted-Pair Copper Cable

Use shielded twisted-pair (STP) or unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) copper cable.

Category 3

Gauge

24 to 22 AWG

Attenuation

28 dB/1000’ @ 10 MHz

Differential Characteristic Impedance

100 ±10% @ 10 MHz

Category 5

Gauge

24 to 22 AWG

Attenuation

20 dB/1000’ @ 10 MHz

 

22.0 dB /100m @ 100 MHz

Differential Characteristic Impedance

100 ±10% @ 10 MHz

NOTE: The active pairs are pins 1 & 2 and pins 3 & 6. Use only dedicated wire pairs (such as blue/white & white/blue, orange/white & white/orange)

Straight Through Cable

Twisted

Pair #1

Twisted

Pair #2

Connectors for unlike devices

for the active pins.

Crossover Cable

Twisted

Pair #1

Twisted

Pair #2

Connectors for like devices

When connecting the Multichannel Media Converter twisted-pair copper channel to a hub, switch, or router, use the straight-throughcable configuration.

When connecting the Multichannel Media Converter twisted-pair copper channel to a terminal device such as a workstation or printer, use the crossover cable configuration.

MULTICHANNEL MEDIA CONVERTER

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Transition Networks DVP 5140K manual Channel Cable Specifications, Fiber-Optic Cable

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