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Mx2wire User Manual:
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Using the Mx2wire system from MOBOTIX, an Ethernet network with PoE can be established
using existing cables up to 500 m. This means that you can utilize a two-wire cable that
is no longer in use (analog telephone line, antenna cable or bell wire, for instance) to
connect a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet device such as a PC, WLAN, IP camera, IP telephone or
IP door station without having to lay any new cables or implement any other constructional
measures. An (identical) Mx2wire unit is required at both ends of the cable, and it automatically
confi gures itself as either the sender or the receiver (MOBOTIX patent).
The signifi cant additional benefi t of Mx2wire is that, in addition to data, the power to
operate PoE end devices (Power over Ethernet according to the IEEE 802.3af standard, a
MOBOTIX network camera, for example) can also be transferred via the two-wire cable.
Mx2wire is supplied via PoE from the network cable that feeds in. The connected end devices
are supplied with up to 7 watts via PoE. Mx2wire does not therefore require its own power
supply, as the network distributor (switch) typically supplies power over the data cables
(PoE) so that the two Mx2wire units as well as the standard PoE end device are supplied.
Mx2wire is delivered in a standard socket frame in diff erent designs, however, it can also
be used with the surface-mounted socket provided.
Note
Mx2wire takes over the cable function for network and PoE, therefore, the cable cannot
be simultaneously used for power, analog telephone or antenna connection anymore.
Possible data rates
and ranges are listed
from page 8
Mx2wire requires a
PoE power supply for
its own operation
Additional network
devices for Mx2wire
and end devices are
not normally required
Two-wire cable
max. 500 m • PoE out: max 7 watts
Mx2wire
Mx2wire
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rJ45
TcP/IP
PoE
TcP/IP
PoE
PoE switch/injector
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