CAT5 Repeater-400™
Unibrain's CAT5 Repeater-400™ provides a low cost solution
for extending the firewire bus by using standard CAT-5e
(crossover) or CAT-6 type cables.
The transmission speed can reach up to 400 Mbps at maximum length
of 70 meters (~ 230 ft). Longer lengths are possible at lower
speeds (see the table below).
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 |
70 m |
70 m |
| S200 |
70 m |
70 m |
| S400 |
70 m |
70 m |
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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.
- 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.
For more information, read
here.
- 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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