JetCon Overview

JetCon Series offers fast Ethernet to fiber converters and serial to fiber converters, this enables you to expand your network through fiber optic communications and/or serial fiber ring to extend your network distance. JetCon can be configured in 2 different ways Switch Industrial converter Mode or Pure Converter Mode for your convenience.

Switching Converter Mode or Pure Converter Mode

The JetCon1301 can be used in two different modes- the switching converter mode and the pure converter mode. The store-and-forward technology is implemented in switching converter mode. It will filter out abnormal packets to maintain network efficiency and support the packet forwarding rate up to 148810 bps in full wire speed, packet length from 64 to 1522 bytes. In the pure converter mode, the JetCon1301 only converts signal between copper and fiber ports without any packet checking and operates in the speed of minimum latency of packet transfer. In tradition, media converter is used for the signal converter between electronic and optical. Most of media converters are not capable to handle all kinds of packet sizes. One major drawback is that it can’t support 10/100Mbps auto negotiation and auto detection function for the cross-over or straight cable. The pure converter mode has the advantages, It supports extreme low transfer latency. Even the packet with CRC error, and packet length is below 64 bytes. Some of the special devices will need the pure Configured as Switch Converter mode: converter and they need it as a dumb without any feature. JetCon 1301 can be configured as Switch Converter or Pure Converter mode by a DIP Switch. For CSMA/ CD compliance, the UTP port supports 100Mbps Full Duplex while setting JetCon 1301 as the pure converter. Setting as 100Mbps half duplex mode, the available link distance will be 60 meters only. In the switch mode, it will not have this limitation. The link distance can be reached to 100 meters. In the pure converter mode, the JetCon1301 will operate with the minimum latency, 1.6 microseconds. The 2 ports of JetCon1301 are inter-connected via MII signals. Therefore, the internal switch MAC and packet buffer are not used, and the packet length up is to 1600bytes. The updated configuration will be available after power reset. Configured as Pure Converter mode: Packet length 64~1522

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