IFB-244-Series User Manual
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6. Optical Fiber and Power Connections
6.1 Optical Fiber Connection
The IFB-244 series is equipped with a total of 4 duplex ber
connectors and they are separated into two groups – Remote
Network channels and Local Switch channels.
Remote Network
Local Switch
TX RX
A
TX RX
B
TX RX
A
TX RX
B
Remote Network group has 2 ber chan-
nels that are used to connect to the other two
remote ber Ethernet switches.
Local Switch group has 2 ber channels that
are used to connect to the local ber Ethernet
switch.
Connecting to the Remote Network with Duplex Fiber cables
P1 P2 Fault
Normal
Remote Network
TX RX
A
TX RX
B
TX RX
A
B
To Remote Switch A’s TX
To Remote Switch A’s RX
To Remote Switch B’s TX
To Remote Switch B’s RX