October 20, 1998
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Contents
Product Overview
....................................................................................................... 5
Optical Switch Module ............................................................................................... 5
VX500 Interface Board .............................................................................................. 5
Connecting to the Interface ................................................................................. 6
Reading the Status LED ............................................................................................ 6
Thermal Considerations ............................................................................................. 6
Switch Operation
........................................................................................................ 7
Starting the Switch ..................................................................................................... 7
Resetting the Switch .................................................................................................. 7
Losing Power to the Switch ....................................................................................... 8
Selecting an Output Channel ..................................................................................... 8
Simplex 1
×
N Configurations .............................................................................. 8
Synchronous Duplex 1
×
N Configurations ....................................................... 10
2
×
N Non-Blocking Configurations ................................................................... 11
2
×
N Blocking Configurations ........................................................................... 13
Maintaining Channel Position .................................................................................. 14
Timing Parameters .................................................................................................. 15
Calculating Switching Time ...................................................................................... 16
Switch Control
........................................................................................................... 17
Controlling the VX500 Using a PC Printer Port ....................................................... 18
Specifications
............................................................................................................. 20
Device Housing
......................................................................................................... 20
Handling Fiberoptic Components and Cables
................................................. 22
Handling Fiberoptic Cables ...................................................................................... 22
Storing Optical Connectors ...................................................................................... 22
Cleaning Optical Connectors ................................................................................... 22
Mating Optical Connectors ...................................................................................... 23
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