Black Box ACX1000 Quick Start Manual

ACX1000 Quick Start Guide
5. Installation
5.1 Configuration
Place the repeater with the CATx/fiber connectors on the
left and the fiber connectors on the right. The main printed
circuit board will look like Figure 5.
Figure 5. Installation.
5.1.1 Operating Mode, Repeater or Cross Repeater
To change the operating mode from repeater to cross
repeater or vice versa, install optical transceivers and
reconfigure the repeater.
Table 2. Repeater or cross repeater configuration.
Operating Mode
Repeater or cross repeater
CATx/fiber cross repeater
5.1.2 Operating Mode, Dual-Head Cross Repeater
Table 3. Dual-head cross repeater configuration.
Operating Mode
Repeater or cross repeater
CATx/fiber cross repeater
5.2 Installation Instructions
Attach connectors marked with "A" to cables that link to a
local unit. Attach connectors marked with "B" to cables
that link to a remote unit.
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5.2.1 CATx or Fiber Repeater, Multimode/
Single-Mode Cross Repeater
Connect the local device via CATx (or fiber) Connector A and
connect the remote device via CATx (or fiber) Connector B.
5.2.2 CATx/Cross Repeater
Connect the local device via CATx (or fiber) Connector A.
Connect Fiber Connector B to Fiber Connector A on the
second repeater. Connect the remote device via CATx (or
fiber) Connector B.
5.2.3 Dual-Head Cross-Repeater
Connect the local device's CATx port via the connector
marked "Cross Repeater Local CATx." Connect the remote
device's CATx port via the connector marked "Cross
JP1 JP A B
Repeater Remote CATx."
JP1 JP A B
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Remote Device Local Device
Repeater
Figure 6. Cross repeater example.
Repeater
Device
CATx
Fiber
Remote
Repeater
Device
CATx
Figure 7. CATx/Cross repeater sample.
Repeater
CATx
Fiber
Remote
Repeater
Device
CATx
Figure 8. Dual-head cross repeater application.
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Repeaters and Cross Repeaters
Use fiber to extend
the distance between
two CATx devices.
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Customer
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Information
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Device
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