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Collapsed rings – Nlynx GEMINI EXPRESS MULTIPLEXER User Manual

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Typical Remote Controller Installation

(WSC) and the older WSCs is the number of polling groups. The older WSCs had
one polling group for all eight ports. The newer WSCs have two polling groups.
Divide the TWINAX brick in two. Ports 0-3 comprise one polling group and
ports 4-7 make up the other polling group. The TWINAX Brick Detail illustrates
a proper connection.

COLLAPSED RINGS

COLLAPSED RINGS

The Ring mode is seldom implemented as depicted in the previous section.
Typically, fiber optic cables star out from a central location. Therefore, a ring is
created by interconnecting the fiber optic star segments at the central location.
This technique is known as a collapsed ring.

COLLAPSED RING

GXM8

PATCH
PANEL

STARS

UTP cabling

WALL
PLATE

Balun & T cable

Two 4 Port Twinax
Bricks & ASF Baluns

Remote
Controller

GXM8

GXM8

62.5 micron multimode fiber

F I B E R O P T I C
P A T C H P A N E L

H O S T M U L T I P L E X E R

R E M O T E M U L T I P L E X E R # 1

R E M O T E M U L T I P L E X E R # 2

R E M O T E M U L T I P L E X E R # 3

J U M P E R S

I D F

I D F

I D F

F I B E R

O P T I C

M D F

T X R X

T X R X

T X R X

T X R X