User guide

Fiber optic boards
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Figure 6. Fiber Optic Board
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Fiber optic board, connectors (see figure 3 on page 8 and figure 4 on page 9) —
WARNING: The FOX matrix switchers fiber optic I/O boards output continuous
invisible light (Class 1 rated), which may be harmful to the eyes; use with caution.
Plug the attached dust cap into the optical transceiver when the fiber optic cable
is unplugged.
AVERTISSEMENT : Le grilles de commutation de la gamme FOX cartes
d’entrée/sortie fibre optique émet une lumière invisible en continu (conforme
à la classe1) qui peut être dangereux pour les yeux, à utiliser avec précaution
Branchez la protection contre la poussière dans l’ensemble émetteur/récepteur
lorsque le câble fibre optique est débranché.
NOTES:
• Ensure that you use the proper fiber cable for your I/O board. Typically, singlemode
fiber has a yellow jacket and multimode cable has an orange or aqua jacket.
• Unlike most Extron transmitters and receivers, which output an optical stream
on one connector in a block and receive a return optical stream on the second
connector in the same block, the FOX matrix switchers uses one connector on
the block as an input and the second connector on the same block as a
separate output.
• All transceiver modules on a fiber optic I/O board, as
delivered from Extron, are configured the same: either
all multimode or all singlemode.
• You can mix multimode and singlemode fiber optic
I/O boards in a FOX matrix switcher, but you must
ensure that you connect the proper transmission
mode fiber cables to the board.
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Input connector and LED — For all one-way
video, audio, and serial communications output by a
transmitter, connect a fiber optic cable to the Input LC
connector (see figure 7).
Connect the free end of this fiber optic cable to the
Optical Tx LC connector on a FOXBOX Tx transmitter
or to any other compatible fiber optic device.
NOTES:
• For a FOX 500 transmitter, connect this fiber
optic cable to the Optical 1 LC connector.
• Alternatively, for the serial return, (receiver-to-
transmitter) function, connect the far end of the
cable to the Optical 2 connector on a receiver.
Input LED — See Fiber optic I/O board LED
indications on the next page.
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Figure 7. Optical
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FOX Matrix 3200 and 7200 Switchers • Installation 11