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Connecting the firewire 800 extender plus – Gefen Firewire 800 Extender Plus EXT-FW-1394BP User Manual

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Connecting the Firewire 800 Extender Plus

1. Connect the supplied Firewire cable from the computer’s Firewire port into one of the

firewire ports on the Firewire 800 Extender Plus Sending unit. The other port can be

used for a local Firewire device.

2. Connect one pair of LC terminated fiber optic cables from the Firewire 800 Extender

Plus Sender unit to the Optical Port 1 on the Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving

unit.

3. Connect your Firewire devices into the Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving unit at

the remote location.

4. Plug the included 12 volt power supply into the Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving

unit at the remote location.

5. Restart your computer only after you’ve made all the connections.

Wiring Diagram

CONNECTING THE FIREWIRE 800 EXTENDER PLUS

NOTE: Additional Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving units can

be chained to reach further distances. To do this, connect another

pair of LC terminated fiber optic cables from the Optical Port 2 on

the Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving unit to the Optical Port 1

on another Firewire 800 Extender Plus Receiving unit.

IMPORTANT: When selecting fiber optic cable, use only 50μ or

62.5μ multi-mode fiber optic cable.

Firewire 800 Device

Firewire 800 Device

Receiver 1

Computer

Sender

Receiver 2
(Optional)

FIREWIRE 800

FIBER (2x)

EXT-FW-1394BP

(Up to 1650 ft)