CANOGA PERKINS 8829 UTP-to-Fiber Optic Media Converter - Manual (Page 17)

8829 Media Converter Canoga Perkins
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2.4.3 10/100 Autodetect and Full-/Half-
Duplex Application Note
The UTP interface of the 8829 Media Converter
is compliant with IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Link Integ-
rity signaling and thus will interoperate with 10/100
Autodetect ports compliant to the IEEE 802.3u "Fast
Ethernet" specification. In this application, the UTP
port connected to the 8829 Media Converter should
default to 10Mbps, Half-Duplex (CSMA/CD) op-
eration.
To employ the 8829 Media Converter in a 10Mbps
Full-Duplex link, the equipment at each end of
the 8829 Media Converter must be a 10Mbps Full-
Duplex-only port or manually configured for
10Mbps Full-Duplex operation.
2.4.4 Fiber Link Loss Forwarding Appli-
cation Note
The 8829 Media Converter incorporates a Fiber Link
Loss Forwarding feature which allows indirect sens-
ing of a Fiber Link Loss via the 10BASE-T connec-
tion. Whenever the 8829 Media Converter detects
a Link Loss condition on the Receive fiber (F/INF
OFF), it disables the UTP link. This interrupts the
transmission of Link Test Pulses on the Tx pair, so