- Complies with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u 10 / 100Base-TX and 100Base-FX
- IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow-control, back-pressure in Half-duplex eliminate packet loss
- TS-1000 / OAM function built-in, the device can be remotely monitored with port link status
- Dual 100Base-FX SFP fiber optic
- One 10 / 100Base-TX copper
- Auto-negotiation for 100Base-TX half-duplex or 100Base-T full-duplex
- Supports auto MDI / MDI-X function
- Supports maximum frame size up to 2046Kbytes
- Link status auto-detect and redundant on dual ports with the same connector type
- Only primary port is active at a time, the backup port is blocked
- While primary port link fail occurrences, the traffic will swap to backup port automatically
- Once the primary port status is back to linkup, the traffic will swap from backup port to primary port
- Hardware redundant swaps less than 10 ms
PLANET FT-1205A is a 3-port Redundant Media Converter which supports conversion between 10 / 100Base-TX and 100Base-FX network. The difference with the other one-port channel media converter is the Redundant Media Converter. It is designed for critical networks that require fibers or copper links to automatically recover less than 10ms, such as ISPs, telecoms, hospitals, banks and enterprises.
Via the built-in DIP switches, the converter can be configured as 3-port Ethernet switch or 2-port redundant media converter. With the 3-port switch mode, it can operate Store-and-Forward mechanism with high performance, and it can also prevent packet loss via IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex) and back pressure (half-duplex).
With the 2-port redundant mode, it provides less than 10ms redundancy of link for highly critical Ethernet applications. The redundant mode supports auto-recover function. If the destination port of a packet is link-down, it forwards the packet to the other port of the backup pair.
The SFP slot supports single-mode, multi-mode and WDM small-form factory type transceiver modules for various applications. The FT-1205A is with high reliability and flexibility to extend the distance up to 2km, 20km or longer. It depends on the 100Base-FX SFP transceiver modules. The Ethernet signal that allows two types of segments to connect easily, efficiently and inexpensively.
The converters can be used as a stand-alone unit or as a slide-in module to the PLANET Media Converter Chassis, MC-700, MC-1500, MC-1500R and MC-1500R48. As to the other PLANET media converters (FT series), they're hot swappable in MC chassis.
