Black Box ACR1012A-T

Chapter 3: Installation
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3.2.7.3 Cable and fibre details
• Fordirectlinks over Ethernet cable, the length of cable should not exceed 100 metres (328 feet). Network cables used for con-
nections may be category 5, 5e, 6 or 7 twisted-pair cable. Agility Dual with VNC units have an autosensing capability on their
network interfaces, so for direct point-to-point connections, no ‘crossover’ Ethernet cable is required.
• Fordirectlinksviafibre,varyingdistancescanbeachieveddependingonthemoduleandcabletypesused.
3.2.7.2 Using the System port
1 Connect a CAT 5, 5e, 6, or 7 cable to the System port socket on the front panel:
CAT 5, 5e, 6, or 7 link either
directly from the other Agility
Dual unit or from a Gigabit
Ethernet switch
2 Connect the other end of the cable either to the other Agility Dual unit or to a Gigabit Ethernet switch, as appropriate.
3 [For connections via a network] repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other Agility Dual unit.