
MOXA White Paper Expand Your Serial COMs with Optical Fiber
Copyright © 2006 The MOXA Group
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Compared to pair connection mode, ring connection mode
requires fewer converters, and reduces the total length of the
fiber cable that is required. When using a ring structure, the
total length of the fiber cable can be up to 100 km. The only
drawback to using ring connection mode is that the failure of
one fiber cable will cause the entire system to fail.
Solution 2—The Serial-to-100BaseFX Converter
If you’re looking for a more versatile solution to extend the
reach of your
serial devices, then you should consider the fibe
optic models of MOXA’s NPort IA5150 serial device servers. The
NPort IA5150-M-SC takes multi mode fiber, and the NPort
IA5150-S-SC takes single mode fiber. Both models have
SC-type fiber optic connectors. The NPort IA5150 device
servers are more versatile since they use TCP/IP to transmit
data over a 100BaseFX optical fiber connection. The family of
NPort IA5150 device servers (which also includes copper
Ethernet models) gives users the freedom to set up complex
configurations of serial devices, including the ability to connect
to serial devices over a LAN, WAN, or the Internet.
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