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Serial Fiber Converter with In-Band Management

Ver. Jan. 2022

FRM220-Serial
FRM220-Serial-SFP
RS232/485 over Fiber

The FRM220-Serial provides a fiber modem solution to extend asynchronous RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 transmission distance up to
2km over multimode fiber or up to 120km over single mode fiber. The converter is equipped with multiple interface circuits for
connection to RS-232 or RS485/422 (2 or 4 wire, full or half duplex). The FRM220-Serial secures data transmission over EMI resistant
fiber at speeds up to 256kbps for RS-232 or up to 1024kbps for RS485/422. When the FRM220-Serial/485 card is placed in the FRM220
rack with NMC management, in-band management allows configuring and viewing the card and remote converter's status, type,
version, fiber link status, data link status and alarms. When placed in a single slot chassis and used standalone without management,

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the card may be configured by DIP switches.

Features
▪▪ Extend asynchronous serial transmission up to 120km over fiber ▪▪ RS485/Async. 2W (half duplex) or 4W (full duplex) up to 1Mbps
▪▪ In-band network management via terminal, Web or SNMP in ▪▪ Standalone RS232 console management via CH01M
FRM220-CH20 chassis with NMC ▪▪ Software selectable two wires (half duplex) or four wires (full
▪▪ Selectable data interface for RS-232/ 485 duplex) RS-485
▪▪ RS232/Async. 3W or 5W up to 256Kbps
Serial Fiber Converter with In-Band Management FRM220-Serial(-SFP)

Specifications
Optical Connector FRM220-Serial: Fixed SC, ST, FC Electrical Connector 6 pins Terminal block
Interface FRM220-Serial-SFP: SFP LC Interface Data Signal RS-485 2-wire
Data rate 36.864Mbps Formats RS-232 RTS/CTS 5-wire
Line coding Scrambled NRZ RS-232 3-wire
Bit Error Rate Less than 10-10 Baud Rate RS-422, RS-485 up to 1024kbps
Fiber MM 62.2/125μm, 50/125μm RS-232 up to 256kbps
SM 9/125μm Bit Error Rate Less than 10-10
Distance MM 2km, SM 15/30/50km Power
WDM 20/40km < 6W
Consumption
Wavelength MM 1310nm, SM 1310, 1550nm Dimensions 159.5 × 20.8 × 88mm (D×W×H)
WDM 1310Tx/1550Rx (type A) Weight 130g
1550Tx/1310Rx (type B) Temperature 0 ~ 50°C (Operating), -10 ~ 70°C (Storage)
Standards EIA/TIA RS-485, RS-232
Humidity 10 ~ 90% non-condensing
LEDs Power, FX Link, DI, DO, Test
Certification CE, FCC
Power Input 12VDC
MTBF 65,000 hrs

Application

RS-485/232 RS-485/232

FRM220-Serial
FRM220-Serial
HOST inserts in FRM220-CH20 Chassis

SmartView

RS-485
Twisted pair FRM220-Serial + CH01 Chassis FRM220-Serial
HOST

PLC 1…………....……………………………………32

Ordering Information
Connector Connectivity
Model Name Description Type Distance

FRM220-Serial RS-232/485 fiber converter card FRM220 – Serial –□□□□□

FRM220-Serial-SFP RS-232/485 fiber converter card (SFP module not included) Example: FRM220 – Serial – SC002
Connector Type Connectivity Distance
SC, ST, FC 002: 2km 015: 15km 030: 30km 050: 50km
(Not Applicable for SFP Type) 20A: WDM 20km A type 20B: WDM 20km B type 40A: WDM 40km A type 40B: WDM 40km B type

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Specifications & design are subject to change without prior notice. Please visit CTC Union website for more details.