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RuggedBackbone™ RX1512
RuggedCom® RuggedBackbone™ 3 RX1512 Installation Guide Rev 105
Table of Contents
FCC Statement And Cautions ................................................................................................... 8
1. Product Overview ................................................................................................................... 9
1.1. Functional Overview .................................................................................................... 9
1.2. Feature Highlights ....................................................................................................... 9
2. RuggedBackbone™ Modules .............................................................................................. 11
2.1. Front Panel ............................................................................................................... 12
2.1.1. Module Status LEDs ...................................................................................... 13
2.2. Line Modules (LM) .................................................................................................... 13
2.2.1. Ethernet - Copper ........................................................................................... 13
2.2.2. Ethernet - Fiber .............................................................................................. 13
2.2.3. SFP Modular .................................................................................................. 14
2.2.4. WAN ............................................................................................................... 14
2.2.5. Serial .............................................................................................................. 14
2.2.6. Cellular Modem .............................................................................................. 15
2.2.7. DDS - Digital Data Services ........................................................................... 15
2.2.8. APE - Appplication Processing Engine .......................................................... 15
2.3. Power Supply ............................................................................................................ 16
3. Installation ............................................................................................................................ 17
3.1. Mounting .................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.1. RX1512Dimensions ........................................................................................ 18
3.2. Power Supply Wiring and Grounding ........................................................................ 20
3.2.1. RX1512 DC Power Connectors ..................................................................... 20
3.2.2. Chassis Ground Connection .......................................................................... 20
3.2.3. DC Power Supply Wiring Example ............................................................... 21
3.3. Critical Alarm Wiring ................................................................................................. 21
3.4. Serial Console Port ................................................................................................... 22
3.5. WAN Ports: RJ45 ...................................................................................................... 22
3.6. WAN Ports: BNC ...................................................................................................... 23
3.7. Copper Ethernet Ports .............................................................................................. 23
3.7.1. RJ45 Twisted-Pair Copper Ports .................................................................... 23
3.7.2. Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-TX Cabling Recommendations ........................... 23
3.7.3. Transient Suppression .................................................................................... 24
3.8. Serial Ports: RJ45 ..................................................................................................... 25
3.9. DDS Ports: RJ45 ...................................................................................................... 25
3.10. DDS Rx and Tx LED Indications ............................................................................ 26
3.11. SFP Optics – Installation, removal, and precautions .............................................. 26
3.11.1. Module Insertion – SFP ............................................................................... 27
3.11.2. SFP Module Removal .................................................................................. 27
3.12. Fiber Ethernet Ports ................................................................................................ 28
3.13. Cellular Modems ..................................................................................................... 29
3.13.1. GSM, EDGE, HSPA+ Cellular Modem Card ................................................ 30
3.13.2. Installing SIM Cards for GSM, EDGE, HSPA+ Cellular Modems .................. 30
3.14. APE: Application Processing Engine ...................................................................... 32
3.14.1. APE Overview .............................................................................................. 32
3.14.2. Supported Operating Systems ..................................................................... 32
3.14.3. Secondary Network Interface ....................................................................... 33