Thinklogical ACT-10 User Manual
Q-Series ACT-10
Advanced Concentrator Transport 10G
Extend Video & Data Across Service Provider Networks
Thinklogical, LLC®
100 Washington Street
Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A.
Telephone: 1-203-647-8700
Fax: 1-203-783-9949
www.thinklogical.com
PRODUCT MANUAL
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Copyright Notice
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MADE IN USA
Copyright © 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Thinklogical, LLC®
100 Washington Street
Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A.
Telephone: 1-203-647-8700
All trademarks and service marks are property of their respective owners.
Subject: Q-Series ACT-10 Product Manual
Release: Initial Release, December, 2014
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Table of Contents
PREFACE 4
About Thinklogical 4
Note and Warning Symbols 5
Class 1 Laser Information 5
1.0. INTRODUCTION 6
1.1. Product Overview 6
1.2. Fiber-Optics 8
2.0. SYSTEM FEATURES 8
The Transmit Side 8
The Service Provider 8
The Receiver Side 8
2.1. Chassis Options and Features 9
2.2. Fiber-Optic Cable 9
2.3. The ACT-10 Technical Specifications 10
2.4. Chassis and Module LCD Menus 11
2.4.1. Accessing the ACT-10 Parameters Menus 11
2.4.2. System Parameters Menus 12
2.4.3. SFP 1-4 Parameters Menus 13
2.4.4. LAN Parameters Menus 14
3.0. REGULATORY & SAFETY COMPLIANCE 14
3.1. Safety Requirements 14
Symbols Found on the Product 14
Regulatory Compliance 14
North America 15
Australia & New Zealand 15
European Union 15
Standards with Which Our Products Comply 15
3.2. Supplementary Information 15
Product Serial Number 16
Connection to the Product 16
4.0. HOW TO CONTACT US 16
4.1. Customer Support 16
Website 17
Email 17
Telephone 17
Fax 18
4.2. Product Support 18
4.2.1. Warranty 18
4.2.2. Return Authorization 18
Our Address 18
APPENDIX: ACT-10 Quick Start Guide 19
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PREFACE
Thinklogical, LLC®
100 Washington St.
Milford, CT 06460
2014
2013
We, the Thinklogical team, are committed to understanding and
exceeding our customers’ requirements, the first time and every time.
About Thinklogical
Thinklogical is the leading manufacturer and provider of fiber optic KVM, video, audio, and
peripheral extension and switching solutions used in video-rich, big-data computing
environments.
Thinklogical offers the only fiber optic KVM matrix routers in the world that are
accredited to The Common Criteria, EAL4 and TEMPEST.
Governments, entertainment, scientific and industrial customers worldwide rely on Thinklogical’s
products and solutions for security, high performance, continuous operation and ease of
integration. Thinklogical products are designed and manufactured in the USA and are certified to
the ISO 9001-2008 standard.
Thinklogical is headquartered in Milford, Connecticut and is privately held by Riverside Partners,
LLC, Boston, MA (http://www.riversidepartners.com). For more information about Thinklogical
products and services, please visit www.thinklogical.com.
Follow Thinklogical on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/thinklogical and on
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ThinklogicalUSA
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Note and Warning Symbols
BEFORE STARTING ANY PROCEDURE, IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY!
CLASS 1 LASERS do not require any special
precautions under conditions of normal use.
SFP
Modules
Fiber-Optic
Cables
Class 1 Lasers
Throughout this manual you will notice certain symbols that bring your attention to important
information. These are Notes and Warnings. Examples are shown below.
Note: Important Notes appear in blue text preceded by a yellow exclamation point
symbol, as shown here.
A note is meant to call the reader’s attention to helpful information at a point in the text that is
relevant to the subject being discussed.
Warning! All Warnings appear in red text, followed by blue text, and preceded by a red
stop sign, as shown here.
A warning is meant to call the reader’s attention to critical information at a point in the text that is
relevant to the subject being discussed.
Class 1 Laser Information
All Q-Series modules are designed and identified as
Class 1 LASER products
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1. Introduction
1.1. Product Overview: The Advanced Concentrator Transport 10G
Thinklogical has developed the Advanced Concentrator Transport 10G (ACT-10), a 10G Ethernet
solution to allow extension across service provider networks. This advanced technology allows for
extension well beyond Thinklogical’s current 80km fiber-extension products, so users can interface
with sources spanning wide geographical regions covered by the service provider network. Paired
with Thinklogical’s VelocityKVM and VelocityDVI Extension Systems and powered by Thinklogical’s
patented Multi-Rate Transmission System (MRTS) Technology, the ACT-10 allows users to
transmit two MRTS streams (two video sources, a single USB 2.0 interface, keyboard, mouse,
audio, serial and stereo) over a single 10G data stream for transport over a Wide Area Network.
ACT-10 Transmitter Module ACT-10 Receiver Module
THE SYSTEM
MRTS Technology 6.25 Gbps. allows for Full Frame Rate Transmission of uncompressed DVI
or RGB video. Our Velocity line of video extenders transport every frame of a DVI or RGB video
stream seamlessly with no compression or dropped frames. In addition, all high speed peripherals
function with no latency.
The ACT-10 is compatible with Thinklogical’s Velocity extenders for single-link and dual-link DVI. The
system includes a Thinklogical Velocity Transmitter, which connects to the source. The Transmitter
converts the DVI signal from the source into 6G MRTS data for fiber optic transmission. This signal is
transmitted to the ACT-10 Transmitter which converts the MRTS data into 10G Ethernet Media
Access Control (MAC) encapsulated packets with Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tags, enabling
the data to be received by the service provider Local Area Network (LAN) network interface.
The service provider is required to supply the required Network Interface Device (NID) with a 10GE
LAN interface on the user side and a Wide Area Network (WAN) Physical Layer (PHY) interface,
SONET OC-192, CET, OTN-ODU2 or PON on the service provider side. The service provider WAN
must also include a Service Level Agreement (SLA), indicating no packet re-ordering, a maximum
latency of 50ms and a packet delay variation (PDV) no greater than 1us.
After data is transmitted through the service provider network via VLAN switching, data is received by
an ACT-10 Receiver at the opposite side of the system. The data is converted from 10G Ethernet
MAC encapsulation back to MRTS. The ACT-10 then transmits the data to a Velocity Receiver, which
displays the content.
Q-4300 Rack-Mount Chassis
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