PLANET LRE-104 Long Reach Ethernet Extender User Manual

: June 13, 2024
: PLANET

PLANET LRE-104 Long Reach Ethernet Extender

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Product Information

The PLANET LRE-104 is a 4-Port 10/100TX + 1-Port UTP/BNC Long Reach Ethernet Extender. It is compliant with Class A of CISPR 32 and may cause radio interference in a residential environment. The device does not support Standby mode operation and for energy-saving purposes, it is recommended to remove the power cable when the device is not in use. The presence of hazardous substances in the device necessitates proper disposal to avoid potential effects on the environment and human health.

Package Contents

LRE-104 x 1
Quick Start QR Code Sheet x 1
Power Adapter x 1

Product Usage Instructions

Open the box and carefully unpack the Ethernet Extender.
Scan the QR code on the Quick Start QR Code Sheet to access the online User’s Manual or Quick Installation Guide.
Follow the instructions provided in the User’s Manual or Quick Installation Guide to complete the setup.
If any items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately. Retain the carton and original packing material for possible product return.
If you need further assistance, you can visit PLANET’s online FAQs at http://www.planet.com.tw/en/support/faq or contact their Technical Support at support@planet.com.tw.

Trademarks

Copyright © PLANET Technology Corp. 2023.
Contents are subject to revision without prior notice.
PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp.
All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Disclaimer

PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
PLANET has made every effort to ensure that this User’s Manual is accurate; PLANET disclaims liability for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred. Information in this User’s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PLANET. PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User’s Manual.
PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current the information in this User’s Manual, and reserves the right to make improvements to this User’s Manual and/or to the products described in this User’s Manual, at any time without notice.
If you find information in this manual that is incorrect, misleading, or incomplete, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions.

FCC Statement

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

ISEDC Statement

This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s).
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. this device may not cause interference
2. this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

CE Mark Warning
This device is compliant with Class A of CISPR 32. In a residential environment this equipment may cause radio interference.

Energy Saving Note of the Device
This power required device does not support Standby mode operation. For energy saving, please remove the power cable to disconnect the device from the power circuit. Without removing power cable, the device will still consume power from the power source. In view of Saving the Energy and reducing the unnecessary power consumption, it is strongly suggested to remove the power connection for the device if this device is not intended to be active.

WEEE Warning

To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately.

Package Contents

Thank you for purchasing PLANET LRE-104 4-Port 10/100TX + 1-Port UTP/BNC
Long Reach Ethernet Extender. In the following sections, the term “Ethernet Extender” means the LRE-104.
Open the box of the Ethernet Extender and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items:

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If any of these are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately; if possible, retain the carton including the original packing material, and use them again to repack the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair.

Hardware Introduction

Physical Dimensions
Dimensions (W x D x H): 154.6 x 86 x 26.3mm

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Front View

LRE-104 Front Panel
LEDs for power, Ethernet, Master and Long Reach

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LRE-104 LED Indicators
The rich diagnostic LEDs on the front panel can provide the operating status of individual port and whole system.

System

LED	Color	Function

PWR

|

Green

| Lit:| Power ON
Off:| Power OFF

Master

|

Green

| Lit:| Indicates that the LRE-104 is functioned as a Master.
Off:| Indicates that the LRE-104 is functioned as a Slave.

Long Reach BNC/Ethernet interface

LED	Color	Function

LNK

| ****

Green

| Lit:| Indicates that the Long Reach BNC/Ethernet link is established.
Off:| Indicates that the port is link-down.

10/100BASE-TX Port

LED	Color	Function

LNK/ ACT

| ****

Green

| Lit:| Indicates the link through TP port is successfully established.
Blink:| Indicates the TP port is actively sending or receiving data.
Off:| Indicates that the TP port is link-down.

Rear View

LRE-104 Rear Panel

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4 x 10/100TX RJ45 connector
1 x Long Reach RJ45/BNC female connector (Select RJ45 or BNC interface one at a time.)
DIP switch: Master/Slave mode selectable
DC jack (DC input) for power adapter

DIP Switch
The Ethernet Extender provides a selectable 2-position DIP switch. When switching to “Master”, it supports PtP and PtMP, meaning it can be one master and one slave with RJ45/RJ11 connector, or one master and more than one slave with BNC T connector.

DIP	Function
Master	The LRE-104 is functioned as a Master.
Slave	The LRE-104 is functioned as a Slave.

Note: By default, the 2-position DIP switch is set in the “Master” position. To operate, slide the DIP switch to the “Slave” posi-tion, and unplug the adaptor to power off the device, and plug it back.

Power Information
The LRE-104 requires 12V DC, 1A power input, which conforms to the bundled AC adapter. Should you have the issue of power connection, contact your local sales representative.

DC receptacle is 2.1mm wide that conforms to the Ethernet Extender 2.1mm DC jack’s central post. Do not install any improper unit.
Note: In some areas, installing a surge suppression device may also help to protect your Ethernet Extender from being damaged by unregulated surge or current to the Ethernet Extender or the power adapter.

Product Specifications

Product	LRE-104

Hardware Specifications
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LAN Ethernet Interface

| Connector| 4 x 10/100BASE-TX RJ45 copper port, auto-negotiation/auto- MDI/MDI-X
Cabling| Cat5e UTP or above
Maximum

distance

| 100 meters
Maximum

frame size

| 1522 bytes
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Long Reach Interface

| Connector| 1 x RJ45 copper port| 1 x BNC female port
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Cabling

| n Cat5 UTP cable

n phone wire

| n Coaxial cable: 75 ohm

n RG-6/U cable, less than12Ω/1000 ft

n RG-59/U cable, less than 30Ω/1000 ft

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Maximum

Distance

| Max. Data transmission of 800m (Cat5 UTP)| __

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Max. Data transmission

of 2000m (6,561ft.)

Maximum Distance Max. Data transmission of 1200m (phone wire)
Long Reach Ethernet Standard| __

IEEE 1901

Modulation

Type

| Wavelet-OFDM
Security| 128-bit AES encryption
Frequency

Band

| 2~28MHz
DIP Switch| Select Master or Slave mode
Dimensions (W x D x H)| 154.6 x 86.0 x 26.3 mm
Weight| 347g
Housing| Metal
Power Requirement| 12V DC, 1A external power
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LED Indicators

| Power: Green

LAN: Green, 10/100Mbps LNK/ACT Long Reach: Green, LNK

Master: Green

Compatible Long Reach Extender| LRE-101 LRE-101C
Standards Conformance
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Standards Compliance

| IEEE 802.3/802.3u Ethernet standard compliant IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex flow control

IEEE 802.1q Tag VLAN Transparent, Multicast

pass-through

Regulatory Compliance| FCC Part 15 Class A, CE
Environment
Temperature| Operating: 0~50 degrees C Storage: -10~70 degrees C
Humidity| Operating: 5~95% (non-condensing) Storage: 5~95% (non-condensing)

The actual data rate will vary in the quality of the coaxial cable, UTP cables or phone wire and environmental factors.
UTP and BNC cannot be used for long reach port at the same time.

Installations

Wall-mount Installation

Step 1 : Find a suitable wall to mount the LRE-104.
Step 2 : Screw two screws on the wall.

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Step 3 : Hang the LRE-104 on the screws from the wall.
Step 4 : Repeat Chapter 2.4 Power Information on power supply to the LRE-104.

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Note: Before mounting the device to the wall, please check the location of the electrical outlet and the length of the Ethernet cable.

Applications

The Ethernet Extender does not require any software configuration. Users can immediately use any feature of this product simply by attaching the cables and turning the power on. There are some key limitations on the Ethernet Extender. Please check the following items.

Point-to-Point Application — LAN to LAN Connection
One set of the Ethernet Extender could be used to link two local area networks that are located in different places. Through the UTP cable or Phone wire, it could set up a 100Mbps backbone, but one Ethernet Extender must be Master and the other one is Slave.

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Connecting Standalone PC
Refer to the following procedures to set up the LRE-104 LAN to LAN connection.

[LAN1] Set the LRE-101/LRE-101C in LAN 1 to be in the Master mode from the DIP switch
[LAN2] Set the LRE-104 in LAN 2 to be in the Slave mode from the DIP switch
Power on the Master and Slave at both sides by connecting its power source.
Master LED will illuminate correspondingly.
Connect UTP cable, Phone wire or coaxial cable from LAN1 LRE-101/LRE-101C to UTP or BNC port of the LAN2 LRE-104.
LNK LED will blink to illuminate at both units.
Connect the LRE-104 Ethernet LAN port to other network device via regular Cat5 UTP cable.

LRE-104 for IP Surveillance Application

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Building an IP surveillance system
Refer to the following procedure to set up an IP surveillance system with many pairs of the LRE-104:

Set the LRE-101C to be the Master and LRE-104 to be the Slave mode from the DIP switch on the rear panel.
Power on by connecting its power source.
Power LED will illuminate.
Connect coaxial cable to the Long Reach ports of LRE-101C and LRE-104 units.
LNK LED will illuminate and blink.
Connect Ethernet port to IP cameras via regular Cat5, 5e or 6 cable.
Install the NVR and monitor and connect to one Ethernet switch.
You can get data transmissions from all IP cameras.

Performance Table

Phone wire (RJ11)

Phone wire

Distance (meter)

| Upstream / Downstream Unit: Mbps
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200| 84| 79
400| 82| 76
600| 62| 45
800| 35| 23
1000| 28| 22
1200| 8| 3

UTP Cable (RJ45)

RJ45 Cable

Distance (meter)

| Upstream / Downstream Unit: Mbps
---|---
100| 78| 78
200| 78| 70
400| 73| 63
600| 65| 38
800 (Max.)| 8| 3

Coaxial Cable (BNC)

BNC Cable

Distance (meter)

| Upstream / Downstream Unit: Mbps
---|---
200| 85| 80
400| 83| 80
600| 81| 80
800| 83| 82
900| 84| 83
1000| 79| 77
1200| 68| 65
1400| 56| 47
1600| 38| 30
1800| 23| 23
2000 (MAX.)| 4| 6

Note: The actual data rate will vary in the quality of the UTP cables or phone wire and environmental factors.

Troubleshooting

SYMPTOM:
LNK LED does not light up after wire is connected to the Long Reach port.
CHECKPOINT:
Please note you must use one LRE-104 in Master mode and the other LRE-104 in Slave mode to make connection.
SYMPTOM:
TP LED does not light after cable is connected to the port.
CHECKPOINT:

1. Verify you are using the Cat5e or better cable with RJ45 connector to connect to the port.
2. If your device (like LAN card) supports auto-negotiation, please try to manually set at a fixed speed of your device to solve this issue.
3. The LRE-104 and the connected device’s power are on or not.
4. The port’s cable is firmly seated in its connectors in the switch and in the associated device.
5. The connecting cable is good and the correct type.
6. The connecting device, including any network adapter, is functional.

FAQs

What is the best distance for LRE-104?
In order to guarantee the stability and better quality of network, we suggest the distance should not exceed 700m (Cat.5 UTP) and 1200m (Phone wire).

Customer Support

Thank you for purchasing PLANET products. You can browse our online FAQ resource and User’s Manual on PLANET Web site first to check if it could solve your issue. If you need more support information, please contact PLANET switch support team.
PLANET online FAQs: https://www.planet.com.tw/en/support/faq
Switch support team mail address: support@planet.com.tw

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Copyright © PLANET Technology Corp. 2023.
Contents are subject to revision without prior notice.
PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.