Open JoeIzzard opened 1 year ago
Neutrik has 5 flavours of fibre.
OpticalCon Lite
OpticalCon Dragonfly
This also uses another Fibre connector called XB2 as the actual fibre component.
OpticalCon Advanced
FibreFox
OpticalCon Hybrid Med
Full details on all the Neutrik Fibre variants can be found on their website: https://www.neutrik.com/en/products/data/opticalcon
Neutrik has some very popular ethernet connectors as well.
EtherCon This is the original rugged ethernet connector, and the most popular to this day. Almost all equipment in the entertainment industry uses this style of connector, from switches to controllers. These work by taking a standard RJ45 and wrapping a rugged shell around it.
EtherCon TOP Mostly the same as EtherCon which it supersedes, the TOP designation referring to IP rating.
EtherCon Cat6 A newer but mostly unused connector. Neutrik changed how the rugged shell mates making it not backwards compatible. As such this connector is very rare and basically dead.
EtherCon Cat6A Reverts to the same style as the original with a change in cable assembly. Previously the RJ45 was a standard crimped on component with the locking clip broken off. Cat6A now uses an internal PCB with Punchdown style connection to the Cable that slides into the standard RJ45 head.
Full details on Neutrik EtherCon variants can be found on their website: https://www.neutrik.com/en/products/data/ethercon
Side note, Neutrik produces several variants of these connectors for alternative cut out's. This can be seen in the difference between A & D Series connectors. The actual functionality are the same so I don't think we would need to add both Series types.
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Adding data sheet for all these connectors as requested by a Maintainer in Slack, and links to each connectors page. Cable side connectors are not publicly available as they are only available in pre-assembled form.
The OpticalCon Overview Document gives a general overview of the entire line including cabling etc, however is too large for GitHub.
OpticalCon Lite
OpticalCon Dragonfly
OpticalCon Advanced
Duo Quad* MTP 12 MTP 16 MTP 24 MTP 48
FibreFox
OpticalCon Hybrid Med
Data Sheets: opticalcon-hybrid-med-chassis.pdf opticalcon-lite-mtp24.pdf opticalcon-lite-mtp12.pdf opticalcon-advanced-mtp48.pdf opticalcon-advanced-mtp24.pdf opticalcon-advanced-mtp16.pdf opticalcon-advanced-mtp12.pdf opticalcon-advanced-duo.pdf
EtherCon
EtherCon TOP
EtherCon CAT6
EtherCon CAT6A
Data sheets: ethercon-top-chassis.pdf ethercon-chassis.pdf ethercon-cable.pdf ethercon-top-cable.pdf ethercon-cat6a-cable.pdf ethercon-cat6a-chassis.pdf ethercon-cat6-cable.pdf ethercon-cat6-chassis.pdf
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@abhi1693 Where did the review get to on these items? I'd still like to get these in when possible.
@JoeIzzard please go ahead and create a PR for this issue. For the network connectors, please create a new Neutrik
grouping.
Due to a family emergency I'm not going to be able to pick this up for likely quite a while - if anyone else wants it I'm happy to pass it on, or I'll pick it up when my situation permits
NetBox version
v3.5.1
Feature type
Data model extension
Proposed functionality
Add additional connector and cable types to address Neutrik's Fibre, Ethercon etc.
Originally planned for #8415 however was missed. In that FR/PR I only added their power connectors.
Specifically looking to add:
Will also look at their other fibre/ethernet connectors which are the industry standard in the entertainment industry.
Use case
Better documentation of real systems.
OpticalCON DUO is a rugged locking LC based connector, the cable is specific and being able to show that is important. We are currently in the process of installing OpticalCON Quad, which is 2 x LC connectors on the back, and Neutriks custom connector on the front. It is important we have a way of documenting this as we will deploy switches with a link that may look like:
Database changes
None
External dependencies
None