Microsens, the German specialist for fiber optic transmission systems, has extended its range of media converters by a PC converter card for the installation in devices with low-profile slots. The new 100 Mbps media converter is particularly designed for compact PCs, Thin Clients, but also for industrial PCs used in fiber optic environments. It constitutes an easy-to-implement alternative to the installation of fiber optic PC adapter cards. All devices with a copper-based on-board PC adapter card can, thus, be retrofitted without any major installation effort by means of a standard low-profile PCI slot for fiber optic networks.
The solution is particularly suited for the application in public administrations, institutions, and ministries with an in-house cabling based on optical fiber. According to the Fiber-To-The-Desk model (FTTD), for instance, the new PC converter card permits a "smooth" migration without the installation of additional software or drivers. The network signal is converted from copper to optical fiber in a purely physical mode: The converter card is simply installed in an existing low-profile slot and is connected with the on-board copper PC adapter card of the computer by means of a standard patch cord. The electrical power supply of the converter is provided either via the ATX power supply or via an internal USB access. For this reason, the work-intensive retrofitting with conventional FO PC adapter cards and the corresponding installation of drivers is no longer necessary.
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