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The T-Extender is a 4-wire
T-1 repeater for use on customer owned lines. The T-Extender is used to
extend in-house T-1 lines in campus and high-rise environments.
Note: This product is
NOT intended for 10BaseT or Ethernet. T1 modulation is designed for use
with twisted pair solid wire phone cables. The T-extender does NOT
extend ethernet connections... only T1 connections. For
Ethernet Extenders go here.
Each pair of T-Extenders may be located
up to 5000 feet apart. Solid copper 22 AWG two twisted pair is the
preferred cable for connection between T-Extenders. Smaller wire sizes
will reduce the functional distance between T-Extenders. Connection to
the T-Extender is made through RJ-45 modular connectors or 4-wire screw
down barrier strips. Both types of connectors are standard on the
T-Extender.
The T-Extender is powered by a small
wall-mount transformer, and is used for connections between T-1
equipment such as PBXs, T-1 multiplexers, T-1 line drivers, T-1 local
multiplexers or any other T-1 equipment requiring long customer owned
cable runs. T-Extenders can be used to connect this equipment across a
campus, between floors of a high-rise office building or between office
buildings with underground cable connections.
T-Extenders can also be used to extend
the distance between any T-1 equipment (DSU, channel bank, router,
etc.).
The T-Extenders are best used in pairs.
If you have a T1 CSU that is limited to 655 feet, connected to a device
limited to 655 feet, and you put the T-Extender at one end, the
T-Extender will drive the extra distance. However, the far end device
will still be limited to 655 feet and will not likely have sufficient
"drive" to reach the far end. The T1 transmitted signal is the issue
addressed by the T-Extender, so in this case, the line would be
error-prone or possibly only work in one direction. |