Asante 10Base2 Mini MAU User manual

Mini MAU
Installation Guide

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Mini MAU Page 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Mini MAU
from Asanté Technologies.
The Asanté Mini MAU is an ideal network
solution for connecting computers and
other peripherals with an AUI port to a
10BaseT, 10Base2 or 10BaseFL Ethernet
network.
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Product Overview
Asanté Mini MAUs
The Asanté Mini MAU plugs directly onto
the back of your PC, Macintosh or any
other network device that has a AUI inter-
face.
Asanté offers three types of MAUs:
❏
AUI to Mini MAU Unshielded
Twisted Pair (UTP)
❏
AUI to Mini MAU Thin Coax
❏
AUI to Mini MAU Fiber
The Mini MAUs are compatible with any
Ethernet device that has an AUI Ethernet
port.
❖ Note: They are also designed to
slide into the recessed MAU slots of
the AsantéHub 2072 repeater mod-
ules.
❖
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Summary of Mini MAU Features
• Standards based transceivers for
unshielded twisted pair (UTP), thin
and fiber-optic Ethernet.
• Full compatibility with IEEE 802.3
specifications for 10BaseT,
10Base2, and 10BaseFL Ethernet.
• Diagnostic LEDS
• Ability to turn HBE on or off.
• Can be used as an accessory to
AsantéHub 2072 Repeater mod-
ules.
• 10BaseT Mini MAU includes
switch to enable and disable Link
Integrity, allowing for compatibil-
ity with pre-10BaseT devices.
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Mini MAU Media and Connectors
Mini MAU Media Connector Port
10BaseT
Mini MAU
UTP
Unshielded
Twisted Pair
RJ-45 AUI
10BaseFL
Mini MAU
Fiber ST AUI
10Base2
Mini MAU
Thin Coax BNC AUI
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Figure 1 Mini MAU for 10BaseT
AUI connection
(15-pin)
RJ-45 connection
Six LEDs
Switches
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Installation Mini MAU
The installation of an Asanté Mini MAU is
very simple:
1
Locate the AUI port on the
device.
The AUI is on the rear of your
hub or computer. Externally it
consists of the 15 pin AUI con-
nector.
2 Connect the Mini MAU to the
AUI port.
3
Connect the Ethernet cable to
the Mini MAU.
Twisted-pair cable (10BaseT) with
Mini MAU
Connect the 10BaseT Mini
MAU to the device’s AUI port.
Plug one end of the cable into
the 10BaseT port on the Mini
MAU.
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Figure 2 Mini MAU for Thin Ethernet
AUI connection
(15-pin)
BNC connection
Six LEDs
Switches
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Thin cable (10Base2) with Mini
MAU
Connect the 10Base2 Mini
MAU to the device’s AUI port.
Before the 10Base2 Mini MAU
is connected to the thin Ether-
net cable, there may be a
straight-through (barrel) BNC
connector in the cable at the
location where a node connec-
tion is available.
Simply remove the barrel con-
nector, and
c
onnect a “T” con-
nector to the BNC port on the
Mini MAU. The connector
slips on, twists, and locks in
place.
❖
Note: Check with your network adminis-
trator before disconnecting cable. Other
users must be warned of the interruption
of network operations. Even if the network
uses self-terminating media or connectors,
users downstream from the break will be
affected.
❖
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Figure 3 Mini MAU for Fiber
AUI connection
(15-pin)
Fiber connection
Six LEDs
Switches
Fiber connection
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Fiber
Connect the 10BaseFL Mini
MAU to the device’s AUI port.
Connect the Mini MAU fiber
connector to the fiber cable
with ST connectors.
❖
Note: Check with your network adminis-
trator before disconnecting cable. Other
users must be warned of the interruption
of network operations. Even if the network
uses self-terminating media or connectors,
users downstream from the break will be
affected.
❖
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LEDs and Switches for the Mini
MAU
Mini 10BaseT MAU LED Display
LED Color Status
Power on Green MAU ON
receiving power
from AUI
Link Green ON Link OK
OFF Link failed
Receive Green ON
MAU is receiving
Transmit Green ON
MAU is transmitting
Polarity Yellow ON
MAU polarity is
reversed
Collision Yellow ON
Collision on Net-
work
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Switches for 10BaseT MAU
There are three switches on the side on the
10BaseT Mini MAU.The default settings for
the switches are identified below.
❏
Heartbeat Enable (HBE)func-
tion disabled.
(1, switch UP)
❏
Link Test (LNK) enabled
(1, switch UP)
❏
Polarity Correction (POL)
enabled
(1, switch UP)
HBE Switch
If this switch is enabled a short burst of col-
lision signal, (heartbeat) is transmitted
from MAU to the device it’s connected to
after every packet is transmitted. It is also
referred to as the SQE (Signal Quality Error
test).
By default the HBE function is disabled the
DIP switch is set to the “UP” (1) position.
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❖
Note: If the MAU is used with a hub
or repeater this switch should be
disabled.
❖
Link Integrity Enabled Test Switch
This switch is normally enabled to verify
cable link. This switch can be disabled to
work with non-10BaseT compliant
repeaters and hubs.
Polarity Correction
This switch, when enabled, inverts the
polarity of a signal automatically if a
received signal has reverse polarity. Wir-
ing problems cause reverse polarity.
❖
Note : If you use the MAU with an
AsantéHub leave the Polarity Cor-
rection Switch enabled. ❖
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Figure 4 Mini MAU Fiber to hub
Hub
AUI connection
(15-pin)
10 Base F MAU
Fiber connector
10 Base F network
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Mini 10BaseFL MAU
LED Color Status
Power on Green MAU ON
receiving power
from AUI
Link Green ON Link OK
OFF Link failed
Receive Green ON
MAU is receiving
Transmit Green ON
MAU is transmitting
Jabber Yellow ON
Transceiver stops
transmitting due to
a packet transmis-
sion exceeding
more than 20 ms.
Collision Yellow ON
Collision on Net-
work
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Switches for 10Base-F MAU
The default settings are identified below:
❏
Loopback Test Switch
enabled.
(1, switch UP)
❏ HBE Switch disabled.
(1, switch UP)
The default settings are Loopback switch
enabled and HBE Switch disabled.
Loopback Test Switch
When this switch is enabled the AUI trans-
mit pair data is looped back to the AUI
receiver pair. This test can be used for trou-
bleshooting to determine if the returned
signal is the same as the transmitted sig-
nal.
This switch can be disabled.
HBE Switch
The HBE of the Mini 10BaseFL can be dis-
abled by setting the DIP switch to the “UP”
(1) position.
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