METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 3 of 12 Installation Guide Document Revision History March 2009 Document Created September 2009-09-21 Document Released 76-02-047 Rev A...
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 4 of 12 Installation Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................5 FC7000 UNIT .......................6 Power Connector ..............................6 10/100BaseT RJ45 Port............................6 100BaseFX Port ..............................6 FC7X00 CONFIGURATION ..................7 Bit Switch 1: Auto Negotiation .......................... 7 Bit Switch 2: Speed 100/Speed 10........................
Figure 1: FC7000 Media Conversion Alternatively, the FC7000 may be used to extend the reach of a twisted pair connection from 100m to over 20km by conversion to fibre as shown below:...
6 of 12 Installation Guide 3 FC7000 UNIT The FC7000 has all connectors on the rear panel for easy access, along with status LEDs for unit monitoring. The FC7000 unit rear panel is shown below Figure 3: FC7000 Rear panel The rear panel has several connectors as described below: 3.1 Power Connector...
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 7 of 12 Installation Guide 4 FC7X00 CONFIGURATION On the underside of the FC7x00 there are bit switches available for configuration of the unit. The label shown below indicates which fibre interface module is fitted, and also shows the functions and default positions of the bit switches.
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 8 of 12 Installation Guide 4.2 Bit Switch 2: Speed 100/Speed 10 These two bit switches are used to select the port operating speed manually when auto negotiation is disabled. This switch is ignored if auto negotiation is enabled.
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 9 of 12 Installation Guide 4.5 Bit Switch 7: Link State Forwarding This bit switch controls the Link State Forwarding function. When LSF is enabled, a fault on one port will propagate to the other port to alert the attached equipment that there is a fault.
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 10 of 12 Installation Guide 5 FC7X00 STATUS LED INDICATORS The FC7x00 rear panel has several status LED indicators to display the health and activity of the unit. The rear panel is shown below: Figure 5:...
METRODATA LTD FC7000 Media Converter 11 of 12 Installation Guide 5.3 LOS The LOS LED is a bi-colour LED which indicates the status of the fibre link at the physical layer. LOS is declared when no signal (light ray) can be detected on the fibre, such as when the fibre is disconnected or broken.
LINK DOWN. In response to this fault, the FC7000 will propagate the fault to the Fibre Port. To force the fibre link down, the FC7000 will turn the fibre transmitter off. The remote FC7000 will now detect LOS/LINK DOWN and respond with copper link down and fibre remote fault.