Operation Manual

5. Configurations
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ISOLATOR User manual rev 1.0.0
4. Here multiple ISOLATORS are used to create multiple backbones. As long as the ISOLATORS are local to
each other and the controlling system, then each backbone may be the full 1km long.
Note that the maximum number of VNET products per network (not per backbone) remains 32.
LINK
LINK
Ethernet
Interface
USB
Interface
12V
Power Supply
PSU must be able to supply
100mA for each ISOLATOR
BACKBONE 'C'
PSU
OUT
SENTINEL
IN
LINK
USB
Interface
LINK
BACKBONE 'B'
LINK
ISO
BACKBONE 'A'
ISO
IN
LINK
OUT
PSU
IN
OUT
PSU
LINK
ISO
IN
5. Because of the limited power available from a USB interface, connecting Linea’s USB interface directly to
an ISOLATOR will not work unless an external power supply is connected either to the rear of the USB
interface or, as shown, to the ISOLATOR
OUT
NETWORK
'BACKBONE'
LINK
ISO
IN
OUT
USB
Interface
LINK
LINK
ISOISO
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
ISO
IN
12V 100mA
Power Supply
LINK
PSU
LINK
LINK
LINK
LINK