Clear-Com Eclipse-Omega - Manual (Page 69)

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Eclipse Matrix Installation Instruction Manual 5 - 1
CONNECTING
MATRICES
Eclipse matrices can be connected to expand the geographical range
or the port density of a system. With trunk lines and an Ethernet
network up to 15 Eclipse matrices can be connected. Eclipse Omega
and Eclipse Median matrices can also be connected using fiber-optic
cable when fitted with E-FIB fiber-optic interface cards.
Base-loop linking creates non-blocking access to all audio ports of two
connected Eclipse Pico/Eclipse-32 matrices.
INTELLIGENT LINKING WITH TRUNK LINES
As many as 15 separate Eclipse Omega, Median, Pico or Eclipse-32
systems can be intelligently linked together with dedicated audio trunk
lines and an Ethernet network. Audio travels between the matrices on
the dedicated trunk lines, while control data travels on the Ethernet
network.
Figure 5-1 illustrates an intelligently linked system on an Ethernet
network
.
Figure 5-1: A Linked System on an Ethernet Network
A “dedicated audio trunk line” may connect the “receive” lines of an
MVX-A16 serial port on one matrix to the appropriate “send” lines of
an MVX-A16 serial port on the second matrix, or it may use E-QUE
cards or E-FIB cards and fiber optic cables (Omega and Median
matrices only).
Eclipse Omega
Eclipse Omega Eclipse Omega
Audio Trunkline
Ethernet Data
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