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ACX1000 Quick Start Guide
1. Quick Setup
This section briefly describes how to install your Repeater
or Cross Repeater. Unless you are an experienced user, we
recommend that you follow the procedures described in the
rest of this guide.
2. Installation
For first-time users, we recommend that you carry out a test
placement, confined to a single room, before installing it
fully. This will enable you to identify and solve any cabling
problems, and experiment with the Repeater/Cross Repeater
more conveniently.
2.1 What's Included
Your package should include the following items. If anything
is missing or damaged, contact Black Box Technical Support
at 724-746-5500 or info@blackbox.com.
• Repeater/Cross Repeater
• 5-VDC universal power supply
• U.S. power cord
• This Quick Start Guide
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2.2 System Setup
To install your Repeater/Cross Repeater:
1. Switch off all devices.
2. Connect the interconnect cable to the local device's
interconnect socket and the repeater/cross repeater.
3. Connect the interconnect cable to the remote device's
interconnect socket and the repeater/cross repeater.
4. Connect the 5-VDC power supply to the repeater.
NOTE: Use only the power supply that you received with this
unit or a manufacturer-approved replacement.
3. Hardware Description
3.1 Device Views
Figure 1. Repeater/cross repeater CATx view.
Figure 2. Repeater/cross repeater fiber view.
3.2 Diagnostics
Each repeater/cross repeater has three LED indicators:
Power, Data Error, and Link Status. The Power LED is next to
the power socket.
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Figure 3. Diagnostic LEDs on the repeater/
Table 1. LED indicators and their functions.
LED
Power (red)
Link Status
(green)
Data Error (green)
4. Service Setup
For most applications, you won't need to make any
adjustments to set up your repeater/cross repeater.
For some applications, you may need to open the repeater.
Unscrew the UNC-type screws on both sides of the monitor
connections. Put the lower and upper shells of the case
aside.
Figure 4. Removing the screws.
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cross repeater.
Setting
Description
Off
Device not ready
On
Device ready
Blinking
No interconnect
connection via CATx
or fiber cable
On
Device ready
Not used
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