Configurability And Transmission Modes; Chapter Two • Installation - Extron electronics FOX 4G Matrix 14400 Setup Manual

Introduction, cont'd

Configurability and transmission modes

The FOX 4G Matrix 14400 is assembled from individual input/
output (I/O) boards. The switcher can include up to nine I/O
boards, each of which supports 16 inputs by 16 outputs. The
two types of I/O boards are:
• Singlemode fiber optic 16x16 I/O board, equipped with
removable fiber optic transceiver modules
• Multimode fiber optic 16x16 I/O board, equipped with
removable fiber optic transceiver modules
N As listed above, two versions of the fiber optic I/O boards
are documented in this manual. They are categorized by
the type of fiber optic cable, multimode or singlemode,
which defines the effective range of transmission:
Singlemode — Very long distance, up to 20 km
•
(12.43 miles)
Multimode — Long distance, up to 150 m (492')
•
By adding or removing I/O boards, you can expand and
contract the FOX 4G Matrix 14400 from an 16-input by 16-output
matrix up to a 144-input by 144-output matrix.
N On a fiber optic I/O board as delivered from Extron,
all transceiver modules are configured the same:
either all multimode or all singlemode. You can mix
multimode and singlemode fiber optic I/O boards in a
FOX 4G Matrix 14400 switcher, but you must ensure that
you connect the proper transmission mode fiber cables to
the board.
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Refer also to the FOX 4G Matrix 14400 User's Manual at www.extron.com.
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