B&B Giga-McBasic II Quick Start Manual
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Connect Your Converter
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Product Overview
Set the DIP Switches
LOW SPD SWITCH ON THE SFP
VERSION
Switch
SFP forced to 100 Mbps
UP
SFP recognizes 1000 Mbps
DOWN
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Copper ports (RJ-45 port) The media converter can
handle CAT 5 or better.
FX: (Fiber Port) if using a duplex fiber cable, connect
transmit port of one unit to receive port on the other.
Make sure the fiber types match on both sides of the
link.
LNK/ACT: (Above RJ45s) Glows green with a valid
Link. Blinks Green when activity is detected.
LNK:(FX LED Stack) Glows green with a valid Link.
LED Operation
Internal power
supply
Fiber port, gigabit
1X9 supports gigabit
SFP supports 100 Mbps or
1000 Mbps
10/100/1000
RJ-45 copper
ports
Fiber LEDs
FLT
Glows red when a fault has
been detected on the unit
LNK
Glows green with a valid fiber
link
1000
Mbps
Glows green when running at
1000 Mbps
PWR
Glows green when unit is
powered
DIP switches
SSF (Single Strand Fiber) requires one
strand of fiber but two mated products.
The SFP version of the Giga-McBasic II
supports a LOW SPD dip switch
located on the front on the unit.
The Giga-McBasic II includes a Link Fault
Pass-Through (LFPT) DIP Switch, located on
the front of the unit.
Link Fault Pass-Through (LFPT) is a troubleshooting
feature that combines TX and FX LinkLoss from both the
local and remote Giga-McBasic II, TX-FX/SFP modules.
LFPT is enabled by setting the DIP Switch to ON. This
feature allows either end of the conversion to detect
a link fault occurring at the other end of the media
conversion chain.
On the Giga-McBasic II LFPT is supported
on the connector closest to the dip switch.
LFPT
Switch
LFPT ON
UP
LFPT OFF
DOWN
Modules can be connected to
other B&B Media converters
The fiber LED stack is
located on top of the
device.
RJ-45 LEDs
LNK/
ACT
Glows green with a valid link
Blinks green when activity is
detected
FDX
Glows amber when port is
running full duplex
The RJ-45 LEDs are
located on the
RJ-45 connectors.