DIS DDS 5900 - Connecting PCs and Cabling Guidelines

4.2 Connecting a PC
When connecting a PC direct to the CU 5905 please
follow the instruction given in this section in
sequence.
1. Connect the PC and the CU 5905 with a
standardLANcable
2. Turn‘On’powertobothunits
3. OnthePCcheckthatthenetworksettingisset
‘Oto btainanIPaddressautomatically’:
a. Navigateto‘ControlPanel*Networkand
SharingCenter*Changeadaptersettings*
tion’.LocalAreaConnec
b. Select‘Properties’
c. Select‘InternetProtocolVersion4
(TCP/IPv4)
d. Click‘Properties’
e. Change setting to ‘Obtain an IP address
automatically’
4. Using the interactive menu on the CU 5905
navigateto:
ia. ‘LANsetup*Acqu reIPaddr.’
b. Select‘Dynamic’.
5. Using the interactive menu on the CU 5905
navigateto:
a. LANsetup*IPaddresssetup*IPaddress*
ActualIPaddress
b. NotetheIPaddress
r 6. Opentheinternetbrowse inthePC
7. Type in the internet browser: ‘http://IP‐
address’, where ‘IP address’ is the address
notedfromtheCU5905
8. TheCU5905browserinterfacewillopen.
Please refer to section ‘
5.6 Web Browser Setup and
Control’ for details about using the CU 5905 web
browser.
4.3 Cabling guidelines
TheDC5980PConferenceUnitsareconnectedtothe
CU 5905 Central Unit using Cat5e F/UTP or U/FTP
screened
cables,howeverthefollowingguidelines
hastobeobserved:
• Maximumcablelengthinonechainis150m
(before inserting RP 6004 Repeater in a
chain). This includes interconnection cables
between the units. The maximum usable
cablelengthdependsontheunitsconnected
andlengthoffeedingcablesetc.
• CablesmustbeAWG24ifthenumberofunits
in the tables are to be used. AWG26 cables
will not
 allow as many units. DIS cables
seriesEC6001‐xxareallAWG26.
• Maximum cable length in one chain when
usingRP6004RepeatersandCat5ecablesis
450m.
Althoughthe‘Chain’outputconnectorshavea150W
supply,this150Wpowerisnotallavailablewithlong
cables,astherewillbeapowerdropinthefeeding
cable from the CU 5905 Central Unit to the units
connected.
Ifthefeedingcablesareshortandthecablesbetween
theunitsareshort,moreunitscanbeconnectedthan
ifthefeedingcableislongand/orthecablesarelong
betweentheunits.
Pleaseconsultthenextsectionsfordetailsaboutthe
numberofunits,whichcanbeconnecteddepending
nthecablelength.o
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