Extron Electronics Fiber Matrix 6400 - Manual (Page 68)

Programmer’s Guide, cont’d
Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher • Programmer’s Guide 4-4
Ethernet (LAN) Port
The rear panel Ethernet connector on the switcher can be connected to an Ethernet
LAN or WAN. Communications between the switcher and the controlling device is
via telnet (a TCP socket using port 23). The TCP port can be changed if necessary,
via SIS. This connection makes SIS control of the switcher possible using a
computer connected to the same LAN or WAN. The SIS commands and the actions
of the switcher are identical to the commands and actions the switcher has when
communicating with it via RS-232.
Ethernet connection
The Ethernet cable can be terminated as a straight-through cable or a crossover
cable and must be properly terminated for your application (figure 4-1).
• Crossover cable — Direct connection between the computer and the
Fiber Matrix switcher
• Patch (straight-through) cable — Connection of the Fiber Matrix switcher to
an Ethernet LAN
A cable that is wired as T568A at one end
and T568B at the other (Tx and Rx pairs
reversed) is a "crossover" cable. A cable wired the same at both ends is
called a "straight-through" cable, because
no pin/pair assignments are swapped.
12345678
RJ-45
Connector
Insert Twisted
Pair Wires
Pins: Crossover Cable Straight-through Cable
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Wire color
White-green
Green
White-orange
Blue
White-blue
Orange
White-brown
Brown
Wire color
T568A T568B
End 1 End 2 End 1 End 2
White-orange
Orange
White-green
Blue
White-blue
Green
White-brown
Brown
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Wire color
White-orange
White-green
Blue
White-blue
White-brown
Brown
Wire color
T568B T568B
White-orange
Orange Orange
White-green
Blue
White-blue
Green
Green
White-brown
Brown
Figure 4-1 — RJ-45 Ethernet connector pin assignments
Default IP addresses
To access the Fiber Matrix switcher via the LAN port, you need the Extron IP
address, and may need the subnet mask and the gateway address. If the IP address
has been changed to an address comprised of words and characters, you can
determine the actual numeric IP address using the ping (ICMP) utility
(see appendix A, “Ethernet Connection”, for more details). If the addresses have
not been changed, the factory-specified defaults are:
• IP address: 192.168.254.254 • Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
• Gateway address: 0.0.0.0 • DHCP: off