Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FC-50 Kramer Electronics
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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Prelimin ary USER M ANUA L Model: FC -50 RS - 232 Range E xtender.
Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting S tarte d 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 About the Power Conn ect Feature 3 3.2 Shielded Twisted Pair (ST P) / Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) 3 3.
Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of un ique , cr eative, and af fordable so lutions to the vast rang e of probl ems th at conf ront v ideo, au dio, pres entat ion, an d broadcast ing professionals on a daily basis.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2 2.1 Quick St art This quick start chart summ arizes the basic setup and operation st eps..
Overvi ew 3 3 3 Ove rvi ew The high - q ual ity Kra mer Mult i TOOLS FC- 50 R S - 232 Range Extender can connect either to a PC or to a device (f or example, a switcher). By conne cti ng t wo units (purc hased separately) v ia a CAT 5 cable , the PC can control the switc her over a rang e of u p to 1000 m eters (3300 fe et) .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your FC - 50 RS - 23 2 Ran ge Exte nd er 4 also be preferable for long range app licatio ns. I n an y eve nt whe n usin g UT P cable, it is advisable t o ensure that the cable is installed f ar away from electric cables, motors an d so on, which are prone to create electrical interference.
Your FC - 50 RS - 23 2 Ran ge Exte nd er 5 5 Table 1: FC - 50 RS - 232 Range Ex tender Featu res # Fe atur e Function 1 12V DC +12V DC conne ctor f or po wering t he u nit 2 CAT 5 RJ - 45 Con necto r .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the FC - 50 RS - 23 2 Ran ge Exten der 6 5 C onnecting the FC - 50 RS - 232 Range Extender To c onnec t t wo FC- 50 unit s , as illustra ted in the exa mple in Fig ure 3 , do the followin g: 1 . Connect a PC to t he RS - 232 port of the fir st FC - 50 unit and r elease the PC/D EV ICE b utto n .
Connec ting the FC - 50 RS - 23 2 Ran ge Exte nde r 7 7 5.1 Wiri ng t he CAT 5 LINE IN / LINE OUT RJ - 45 Connectors Table 3 and Figure 4 defin e the UTP CA T 5 PINOUT, usi ng a strai ght pi n to pin .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificati ons 8 6 Technical Specifications The FC- 50 techn ical specifications are shown in Table 4 : Table 4 : Techni cal Specifi cation s 1 PORTS : of the FC - 50 RS - 232 on a 9- pin D - sub conn ector 2 BAUD RATES: , 1 CAT 5 RJ - 45 conne ctor Up to 1 15.
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