PLANET VC-100M User Manual

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Copyright PLANET Technology Corp. 2002. Contents subject to revise without prior notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
FCC Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation, This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the Instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications, however, there is no guarantee that interface will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on.
CE Mark Warning
This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Revision
Ethernet Over VDSL Converter User's Manual FOR MODELS: VC-101M / VC-101S
Part No.: EM-VC101V2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................5
1.1 Checklist..................................................................... 5
1.2 Introduction to Ethernet over VDSL Converter ...... 5
1.3 Key Features.............................................................. 8
1.4 Specifications ............................................................ 9
2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION....................................11
2.1 Front Panel and Real Panel .................................... 12
2.1.1 LED indicators..................................................... 13
2.1.2 Power Source...................................................... 14
2.2 Bottom Panel............................................................ 14
3. INSTALLING AND USING VDSL CONVERTER....16
3.1 Install the Ethernet Over VDSL Converter ............ 16
3.2 LAN to LAN connection .......................................... 16
3.3 Connect to Multi-Port Master ................................. 17
3.4 Connecting VC-101M/S ........................................... 18
3.4.1 Connecting Standalone PC................................. 18
3.4.2 Connecting Multiple PCs to an Ethernet LAN..... 18
4. UPDATE FIRMWARE...............................................20
4.1 Firmware version..................................................... 20
4.2 Update Procedure.................................................... 21
5. TROUBLESHOOTING..............................................25
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1. Introduction

1.1 Checklist

Check the contents of your package for following parts:
Ethernet over VDSL Converter
Power Adapter
Telephone line
Cat.5 Ethernet Cable
Quick Installation Guide
User’s manual and utility CD
RS-232 Console cable(VC-101M only)
If any of these pieces are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately, if possible, retain the carton including the original packing material, and use them against to repack the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair.

1.2 Introduction to Ethernet over VDSL Converter

The converter is a switching architecture with one RJ45 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet ports and one RJ11 symmetric Ethernet over VDSL port (symmetry means upstream and downstream rate are the same or similar). It is ideal for signal conversion by transmitting the Ethernet data from the standard twisted pair cable to the telephone cable and extending the distance.
The Ethernet over VDSL combines the well proven Ethernet and VDSL technology to transmit the Ethernet format data by using VDSL signaling over the most widespread telephone wires and has no impact to current voice service. Therefore, it is very good for Internet building phone line network because every room or house could use the existing phone line to transmit data to the Internet and the whole building
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could share the Internet line to the wide area network with minimum cost.
With much enough bandwidth, the 5/10/15 Mbps symmetric capability enables many multi-media services on local Internet come true, like VOD (Video on Demand), Internet caching server, distance education, and so on.
In one community or hotel, we just need to install one local server then the multi-media services will be localized that is people do not need to access the services through Internet but using local area network with better bandwidth and efficiency. Meanwhile, this kind of infrastructure will minimize the burden on the Internet.
The converter is plug-n-play without any software to configure and also fully compliant with all kinds of network protocols. Moreover, the rich diagnostic LEDs on the front-panel provide the operating status of individual port and the whole system. There are two models of the converters, one is used for client side and the other is central side. If you want to setup one pair of converters for point-to-point connection then one set must be slave (client) mode and the other one is master mode.
The cable specifications of the connection are listed as following:
10BASE-T, Category 3, 4 or 5 UTP 100BASE-TX, Category 5 UTP Ethernet over VDSL, Twisted-pair telephone wires
The two drawings listed below are typical application for the Ethernet over VDSL converter.
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Drawing 1: LAN to LAN connection
Drawing 2: Multi-port Master Connection
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Note: Slave device must connect to Master device
through the telephone wire. Slave cannot connect to Slave and Master cannot connect to Master. VC-101M works as Master device and VC-101S works as Slave device.

1.3 Key Features

The converter provides the following key features:
Firmware upgradeable through console interface 11Mbps symmetric data rate in maximum 1.2km with
R2 firmware
17Mbps upstream and 15Mbps downstream data
rate in maximum 1.05 km with R4 firmware
1/4, 5/5, 11/11 and 17/15 Mbps adjustable data rate
with R4.5 firmware (when VC-101S works with VC-412 only)
Cisco LRE switch / CPE compatible with R4.5
firmware
Complies with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u and
IEEE802.3x standards
Designed based on QAM modulation Designed based on FDD duplexing (Frequency
Division Duplexing)
Supports Store-and-forward mechanism Back pressure and IEEE802.3x compliant flow
control
Built-in POTS/ISDN splitter Two RJ-11 connectors for each VDSL port, one for
VDSL connection and one for POTS/ISDN connection
Voice and data communication can be shared on the
existing telephone wire simultaneously
Support extensive LED indicators for network
diagnostics
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