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Encore — Installation and Service Manual 45

Control Panels

Figure 24. Control Panels on Three Layers of Switches

Note While it is possible to directly connect a control panel to an Encore Control

frame; a direct connection would limit the number of control panels to two

per System Controller. To connect a control panel directly to the Encore

Control frame use a Category 5e Ethernet crossover cable between the LAN

connector on the back of the control panel and the Ethernet connector on the

back of the Encore System Controller frame.

GSC Panel Cabling

GSC Control Panels are controlled by an Encore System Controller with an

GSC ISA mezzanine installed. The GSC ISA mezzanine controls four sets of

Managed Ethernet Switch

To PC-compatibles,

and other devices

8103_00_28_r1

Encore System

Controller Frame

Encore Control Panels

Ethernet Switch

To switches To switches

To panels

(one control panel per port)

To panels

(one control panel per port)

To switches

Ethernet Switch

Encore Control Panels

Ethernet Switch

= Category 5 Ethernet cable

Ethernet Switches: 10/100BaseT

(Note: Hubs will not work in this system)

Control Panels: 10/100BaseT

Encore Control Frame: 100BaseT

(128 maximum per Control Panel Server)

To matrices