Clear-Com HLI-FBS - Manual (Page 40)

4.1.3 Linking three Main Stations in a daisy chain
You can daisy chain stations following all the instructions of the previous sections using the second port
on one of the HLI-ET2 or HLI-FBS module to connect to a third station. Then enable linking on the third
station. You can daisy chain many stations this way but do not create a loop. The advantage of daisy
chain is that it does not require any additional equipment for interconnection. The disadvantage is that if
you disconnect or power down a station in the middle it will break the chain and prevent audio from going
through.
You can also mix Ethernet and Fiber in the chain using an additional slot in a station in the middle of the
chain.
Alternatively, you can save a slot by using an HLI-FBS module in the middle station, populating one port
with a fiber SFP transceiver and one port with a 10/100Base-T electrical SFP transceiver.
Figure 12: Linking three Main Stations in a daisy chain
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