
OTEN-131-H-SA
10/100 BASE-T ST AND ALONE SINGLE FIBER MEDIA-CONVERTER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Phone:
025-000508 REV X1 4/20/05
(209) 586-1022
(800) 545-1022
Fax:
(209) 586-1026
www.olsontech.com

SAFETY WARNINGS
LASER RADIATION
The laser transmitters emit invisible radiation that can cause permanent eye
damage. A VOID DIRECT EXPOSURE T O BEAM. Operate only with
the proper optical fiber installed in the transmitter optical connector.
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1 Brief Description
Fast Ethernet is the best choice in building LAN and W AN topologies with its high performance/price ratio. But
UTP transfer distance is below 100 meters, longer distance transmission requires optical fiber , so the media converter is the bridge between electric and optical signal transfer .
OTEN series optical fiber media converters include desktop series and standard 19” rack series units. Both units
are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standards. The fiber port uses an SC connector and the UTP
port uses a standard RJ-45 connector. Both units can work in full or half duplex mode automatically and 10Base-T
or 100Base-T automatically . Single wavelength BiDi media converters can transfer a signal in two directions with
only one wavelength and one fiber, thus saving fiber and wavelength resources.
2 Model Description
OTEN-131-H-SA Stand-alone; single optical fiber (BiDi) media converter
OTEN-231-H-SA Single; optical fiber (BiDi) plug-in module media converter
OTEN-200-CH-16A 19” Rack for OTEN-231-H-SA plug-in modules
3 Features
- Fully compliant IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standards
- Auto-negotiation ability to select half/full duplex and 10Base-TX/100Base-TX
- Support IEEE 802.3x flow control for full duplex mode
- Support backpressure flow control for half duplex mode
- 6 diagnostic LEDs for Power, TX link/act, FX link/act, transfer speed, duplex mode and collision
- Mode switch to set the converter to any operational mode
- Supports auto MDI/MDIX
- UTP connectivity up to 100 meteres
- 19” rack with up to 16 plug-in media converter modules
- Fiber connectivity up to 100km (SM)
- W avelength: 1310nm, 1550nm and CWDM wavelengths
- MTBF >100000 hours
4 Specifications
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Note: Transmission distance is estimated data according to standard fiber loss
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4.1 General Specifications
4.2 Panel Layout
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4.3 Operation Mode Selection
The OTEN-131-H-SA Series Optical Fiber Converter’s operation mode is controlled by a set of DIP switches
(Located underneath the “Mode Switch” sticker on the bottom of the unit). The configuration for these switches are
as follows:
Note: Default mode is Auto-Negotiate. The
operation mode adjustment will only be effective
after power cycling the unit
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