Omnitron Systems AS400/3X - Manual

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OmniRepeater

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400

AS400/3X 5250 and 5250 Express Twinax Fiber Converter

Omnitron Systems

Technology, Inc.

FEATURES

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Twinax 5250 and 5250 Express compatible repeater
and fiber converter that functions as a twinax to
twinax repeater to extend twinax distance or as a fiber
converter to extend distance using fiber media.

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Seamlessly connects to IBM’s AS/400 and 3X local
and remote twinax controllers and workstations.

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Supports distances of 5,000 feet on twinax, 15,000
feet on multimode fiber and 30,000 feet on single-
mode fiber.

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Cascadable to four units for extra long distances.

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Retiming repeater technology regenerates and
reclocks data, eliminating clock jitter and noise.

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Digital Phase Locked Architecture provides
acquisition of data rates of 1 Mbps for 5250 or 2
Mbps for 5250 Express (-2%, +4%), resulting in
high immunity to noise and crosstalk.

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Clear display and software independence make
installation and monitoring intuitive and easy.

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Supports single-mode and multimode fiber.

DESCRIPTION

The OmniRepeater

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400 is an IBM 5250 and 5250 Express

compatible repeater and fiber converter. It retimes and regenerates
the data signal to facilitate extended twinax distances and provides
twinax to fiber conversion which enables 5250 fiber data
connectivity. It supports distances of up to 5,000 feet on twinax,
15,000 feet on multimode fiber and 30,000 feet on single-mode
fiber. The OmniRpeater can be cascaded up to four units to reach
extra long distances.

The host connects to the OmniRepeater via twinax. When used
as a twinax repeater, the OmniRepeater connects the far end via
twinax and can daisy chain up to seven workstations. When used
as a fiber converter, it converts the end device back to twinax via
a second OmniRepeater, or directly to twisted pair via a fiber to
twisted pair star.

The OmniRepeater diagnostics detect and display true port
activity and parity errors. The ports are monitored for valid frame
header patterns which are displayed via green Activity LEDs.
The data is analyzed for errors; a detected error is displayed via
red Parity Error LEDs. These features assist in installation and
monitoring of the OmniRepeater operation.

In contrast to a standard active signal booster which is susceptible
t o d e v i c e d a t a r a t e v a r i a t i o n s , n o i s e a n d c r o s s t a l k , t h e
OmniRepeater

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s Digital Phase Locking Architecture (PLA)

provides data acquisition with data rate variations of -2% to +4%

Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc.

• 27 Mauchly #201 • Irvine, CA 92618 • 949.250.6510 tel. • 949.250.6514 fax • www.omnitron-systems.com