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Introduction, Module features – Grass Valley 8943FC User Manual

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8943FC — Instruction Manual

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8943FC 4 Channel Fiber to
Electrical Converter Module

Introduction

This manual covers installation, configuration, and operation of the 8943FC
4 Channel Fiber to Electrical Converter module.

Module Features

The 8943FC module is a four channel optical to electrical converter
(receiver) with four optical input channels each with two electrical BNC
outputs. The module can accommodate a variety of high definition video
inputs up to 3 Gb/s as well as DVB/ASI, AES, and MADI interfaces..

The following features are available with this module:

Two module set including a hot-swappable front and rear module and
up to two optional single mode dual receiver fiber optic SFP devices
mounted on the front module. Model options are given in

Table 1 on

page 10

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Up to ten 8943FC modules in the same 2 RU GeckoFlex frame.

Two electrical BNC outputs for each of the four fiber optic input chan-
nels.

Two re-clocked outputs for each fiber input for stable long distance
reception of each optical feed.

Re-clock bypass for non-SDI signal types.

Supports both HD or SD formats and passes embedded audio present
in the incoming video stream.

SNMP and product health monitoring is supported through the
8900NET module with applications such as NetCentral.

Software updating using the NetConfig Networking application.