Connecting An Aui Cable To An Epim-A Or Epim-X - Cabletron Systems CXRMIM Installation Manual

3.4.7

Connecting an AUI Cable to an EPIM-A or EPIM-X

The EPIM-A allows you to connect the module to a variety of Ethernet
transmission media via an external transceiver, including twisted pair, fiber optic,
and/or thick or thin Ethernet coaxial cable.
The EPIM-X has internal transceivers that allow you to use AUI cable to connect
directly to another Ethernet device without using an external transceiver.
If you are connecting to an EPIM-A, be sure to disable the SQE test
!
function on the transceiver you will be connecting to the AUI port;
if you are using an EPIM-X, use the switch on the EPIM (Figure 3-
CAUTION
12) to disable the SQE test. Failure to disable the SQE test will
result in improper operation of the RMIM. Refer to the applicable
transceiver manual.
ON Position
(Toward Back
of EPIM)
To connect to the network via the AUI port:
1. If using an EPIM-A, attach an external transceiver to the segment to which
the AUI Port will be attached. Refer to the applicable transceiver manual.
2. Attach the female end of an AUI cable, no more than 50 meters in length, to
the transceiver.
3. Attach the male connector on the AUI cable (Fig. 3-13) to the AUI port on
the TPRMIM-36, or EPIM-A.
Installation Guide
CONNECTING THE RMIM/EPIM TO THE NETWORK
OFF Position
(Toward Front
of EPIM)
Figure 3-12. EPIM-X SQE Switch
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