Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 - Manual (Page 176)

RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Installing a Fibre Optic Link Kit (FOLK)
Page 176
Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software
Installation procedure
To install the fibre optic unit proceed as follows;
1. On each fibre optic converter, remove the dust caps from the ST3 sockets.
2. Take one end of the fibre optic patch lead and plug the bayonet connectors into the ST3
sockets on the fibre optic converter you want to connect to.
3. Plug the RIO link cable into on the fibre optic converter into one of the link sockets on the
the RTA.
4. Repeat steps 2. to 3. using the other end of the fibre-optic cable and the other FOLK unit
5. Check that the Connect LED on each fibre optic module is green when the host card or
RTA at each end are powered up.
Note
The fibre optic cable used with the FOLK unit is usually part of an existing fibre optic
installation. Typically the fibre optic cable is wired into a junction box, and should then
emerge in the form of a patch lead with two bayonet connectors at each end.
Hint
You should keep the dust caps safe and replace them if you remove the patch lead
at any time as dirt on fibre optic connections can corrupt the signal.
Fibre optic patch lead
RIO link cable to RTA
on host card end
RIO link cable
to RTA on
peripheral end
ST3 connectors
Fibre optic converter
Note
Make sure that each
strand of the fibre
optic cable is
plugged into a
transmit channel at
one end and a
receive channel at
the other.