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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

This product provides two different running speeds – 10/100Base-TX and 100Base-FX in the same device and the

10/100Base-TX RJ-45 port can automatically distinguish the speed of incoming connection.

This section describes the hardware installation of FST-80x. Before connecting any network device to the FST-80x, read

this chapter carefully.

2.1 Stand-alone Media Converter Installation

The FST-80x can use as a stand-alone Media Converter for Plug & Play and quick network environment deploy, please

follow these steps to install the converter:

• Turn off the power of the device/station in a network to which the FST-80X will be attached.

• Ensure that there is no activity in the network.

• Attach fiber cable from the FST-80X to the fiber network. TX, RX must be paired at both ends.

• Attach a Cat. 5 UTP cable from the 10/100Base-TX network to the RJ-45 port on the FT-80X.

• Connect the 5VDC power adapter to the FST-80X and verify that the Power LED lights up.

• Turn on the power of the device/station, the TX Link /Act and FX Link/Act LEDs should light when all cables are at-

tached.

FST-80X

10/100Base-TX

Cat. 5/5e TP

Cable Network

100Base-FX

Fiber Network

Fast Ethernet Bridge10/100Base-TX to 100Base-FX

PLANET

#Notice:

 1. RJ-45/STP, UTP Cat 5, straight/crossover cable is accepted.

 2. Please refer to Appendix A for more about the wiring distance of your UTP and fiber-Optic cable.