When To Use A Network Extender
When the four Plixus conference ports provided by the engine are insufficient for your system, you can
extend your range by using network extenders (Plixus NEXT). A network extender has four additional
conference ports, which allows you to add much more units to your network.
The Plixus NEXT requires a 48V power supply.
There a two possible configurations to use these network extender, you can daisy-chain them or put them in
a tree structure. When you daisy-chain network extenders you can use a maximum of eight extenders per
branch. In a tree structure there are no limitations. See "Installation diagram" on the next page for a
schematic representation of these cases.
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