User manual

The BeeLINK bus is a parallel bus type. Passive splitters therefore can be used, to make a
network of any shape. If many controllers or very long cables are used, it might be
necessary to add more power supplies, placed closer to the controllers that lack power.
Using this parallel structure each BeeLINK controller receives the IR-data
simultaneously. Every controller has its own microcomputer, living its own life.
Although some of the controllers can ‘talk’ to each other, most controllers operate fully on
their own.
BeeLINK2 – installation
The BeeLINK2 controller gets its power supply and control data, via the CAT5 cable
from a BeeLINK amplifier. The BeeBus.
Once connected to the BeeBus the BeeLINK2 controller only needs an IR-emitter to
operate the device it has been designed for. The IR-emitter emits the same IR data as the
device’s own remote control.
Emitted IR data is in fact pure light at a frequency just out of the spectrum that the human eye is able to see.
It is short flashes of light, a bit like when sending morsing codes using a flashlight.
The emitter must be stuck on the device, nearby the TVs IR-receiver. It must be placed so
the IR receiver in the device is able to see the emitted light from the IR-emitter.
The IR-emitter can be placed inside the device, if you want to avoid having it on the
outside, as long as the IR-receiver is able to see the light from the emitter.
A BeeLINK2 controller connects to the
BeeBUS via a CAT5 cable, for power supply
and control data.
Typically an IR-emitter sends the commands
to the TV.
The BeeLINK2 controller can be placed by the device or in another room. IR emitters are
available in lengths of 1, 5 and 10 meters. In addition extension cords can be used. An IR-
emitter can be extended to more than 30 meters.
A BeeBUS CAT5 cable may exceed more than 75 meters without additional amplifiers.