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Unibrain's CAT5
Repeater-400™ provides a low cost solution for extending
the firewire bus by using standard ethernet crossover cables.
The transmission speed can reach up to 400 Mbps at maximum
length of 70 meters (~ 230 ft).
CAT5 Repeater-400™ is using the new TSB41BA3B
1394b PHY from Texas Instruments and EqCologic's 1394b to UTP
cabling equalizer.
It is optimized to create long-haul IEEE 1394b-2002
connections over CAT-5 or CAT-6 at the S400 data rate, but it
can also be used at S200 and S100.
Main
Specifications
- Two (2) 1394a (Firewire
400) 6 pin ports operating at 100/200/400 Megabits per
Second (Mbits/s)
- One (1) UTP RJ45 port.
- DC Power connector:
Walkman-type 2.0 mm DC Jack (Power supply adapter
included with kit)
Power Input Range: DC 8V~30V, max. 1.35A.
- Full Duplex Data Rate at
100/200/400 Mbps.
- Fully Interoperable With
Firewire, SB1394, and i.LINK Implementation of IEEE Std
1394.
- Operating temperature:
0' - 60' C'
- Mechanical dimensions:
112 x 62 x 22 mm (or 112 x 72 x 22 mm, including the
firewire ports).
Typical
Equalization Performance
| 1394
Speed |
UTP
Cable Type |
| CAT5e |
CAT6 |
| S100 |
70m |
70m |
| S200 |
70m |
70m |
| S400 |
70m |
70m |
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Hardware/Software Support
Any system equipped
with Firewire ports. Devices supported: IIDC firewire cameras,
SBP2 hard drives, DV camcorders, Firewire networking.
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Windows support: 2000/XP/2003/Vista, using Unibrain ubCore
1394b drivers.
Note that with native Windows XP/Vista 1394 drivers
performance may be degraded as Microsoft does not support the
1394b standard, yet.
- Mac OS Support: OS X 10.4
or later
Order
Part numbers:
- CAT5 Repeater 400™ OEM: 2560
- CAT5 Repeater 400™ Kit: 2561
Kit packaging: A pair of CAT5 Repeater400™ repeaters
and DC +12V power supplies.
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Firewire
Extender
