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Fiber Type and Identification
Types of Fiber Fiber optic cable consists of a core surrounded by cladding. The core is the center area through which the light signals are transmitted, the cladding completely surrounds the core to stop the light from escaping. There are two types ...
GigaCore switches Fiber Optic cabling
This document will describe how to connect all your network devices via fiber optic and what to look out for on hardware level. SFP Technical Info In order to connect all the fiber links in the correct order we need to know which side of the SFP ...
Can I transport AES50 audio protocol through the GigaCore?
AES50 is an open standard based on the AES10 protocol (MADI) but has been developed much further. Published by the Audio Engineering Society AES, this protocol is using Cat5 cabling for transport. However, the protocol is not Ethernet compliant, this ...
Can I transport the output data of my LED controller through the GigaCore Ethernet switch?
LED controllers such as Novastar or equivalent, use a non Ethernet based protocol to transport their pixel control protocol to the LED panels. It is therefore impossible to transport this kind of protocol through any Ethernet switch, including the ...
IP Multicast and IGMP
Introduction IP Multicast is a method of sending IP packets to a group of interested Receivers in a single transmission. It uses specially reserved Multicast Address blocks (Class D: 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.225.255). It is often employed for streaming ...