Installation guide

Planning and Designing RIO Cable System

890 USE 101 00 October 2006

Bus Topology

with Fiber Optics

Additional fiber optic repeaters can be chained together to extend the length of the

fiber link and increase the distance between drops on the RIO network.

Five chained repeaters can be linked in a bus topology. This number can be reduced

by the total pulse width distortion (jitter) that occurs on the system.

RIO I/O I/O I/OPLCP/S

RIO Drop #3

RIO I/O I/O I/OP/S

Head (with RIO Drop #1)

Trunk Cable

Tap

Drop Cable

Drop Repeater Head Repeater Head Repeater Head Repeater

Trunk Cable Trunk Cable

Trunk Cable

Tap

RIO Drop #2

Drop Cable

Tap

Legend

Coaxial Cable

Fiber Optic Cable

Trunk Terminator

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