The 1394b Long-Haul Active Cable (CB-00539) integrated two coax transceivers and is designed to simultaneously transmit and receive signals on a single 75Ω coax cable, extending your signal an additional 20 or 40 meters. It's easy to setup and there is no configuration necessary, like all IEEE1394 compliant hardware.

The 1394b Long-Haul Active Cable (CB-00539) is ideally suited for IEEE 1394b-2002 connections over 75Ω coax cable at S800 data rate as specified in the 1394 TA Baseband Coax PMD Specification. It can also be used at S400, S200 and S100 data rates. The 1394b Active Cable connects seamlessly to any IEEE 1394b-2002 compliant physical layer controller (PHY). For correct operation the signals must be NRZ (non-return-to-zero) encoded, DC balanced with a maximum run length of 10 bits, and have a speed (edge rate) of between 100Mbps and 1.25Gbps.

This 1394b Long-Haul Active Cable (CB-00539) is useful and economical solution for the Machine Vision, Surveillance and FireWire Storage market.

• Combined transmitter and receiver with an integrated equalizer to form a bidirectional connection over a single 75Ω coax cable (40 or 20 meters)
• Conforms to TS2007005 and TS2008001 of the 1394 Trade Association
• Seamless connection with any IEEE1394b compliant PHY
• Supports IEEE 1394b – S800, S400, S200 and S100 data rates
• Compatible and supplemental to IDB-1394 Automotive Specification
• Sophisticated Auto-mute functionality for lowest application power
• Separate mute function for transmit and receive signal paths
• Remote signal Detect with direct Light Emitting Diode driving capability
• Performance similar to 1394TA “PMD for Fiber Optic Wake-on-LAN”
• Low Power - 205mW (fully active), 5μA (TX and RX mute)
• Allows power distribution over the coax, on top of the data signals
• 1394 Bus-powered
• Connector: Beta plug with Jackscrew