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Eclipse Matrix Installation Instruction Manual 5 - 5
BASE-LOOP LINKING (ECLIPSE
PICO/ECLIPSE-32 MATRIX ONLY)
By connecting a single RJ-45 “base loop” connector on one Eclipse
Pico/Eclipse-32 matrix to a second RJ-45 “base loop” connector on a
second Eclipse Pico/Eclipse-32 matrix, an intelligently linked
non-blocking 64-port system in two rack units (2 RU) can be created.
This type of connection gives each connected matrix access to all of
the audio ports of both matrices, without using up ports for trunk lines.
Specially constructed screened CAT-5 cable of maximum length 1
meter (3.28 feet) is used to connect the matrices. The cable is wired as
shown in Table 5-1.
The matrices are configured for linking with the Eclipse Configuration
System (ECS) software. For instructions, refer to the Eclipse
Configuration System Instruction Manual (part 810299Z).
Table 5-1: Pin Configuration of Eclipse-32 Matrix “Base Loop” Connec-
tor
TIE-LINE (AUDIO ONLY) LINKING
Two Eclipse matrices can connect directly through tie-line linking. The
tie lines between the matrices are wired as in Figure 5-3.
By configuring each of the linked ports in each system as a “party line,”
the two systems can talk and listen to anyone on that party line in
either system. Call signals will also pass from one system to the other.
However, since no control data passes between the matrices,
assignments cannot be dynamically allocated among the ports of a
matrix. Only the one party line on the first matrix connects to the party
line of the second matrix.
CABLE END 1 WIRE COLOR CABLE END 2
Pin 1 white/orange Pin 3
Pin 2 orange Pin 6
Pin 3 white/green Pin 1
Pin 4 blue Pin 4
Pin 5 white/blue Pin 5
Pin 6 green Pin 2
Pin 7 white/brown Pin 7
Pin 8 brown Pin 8