Front panel and LEDs

The Power LED shows the status of the power supply connection.

• Solid green: The power source is connected and power is being supplied to the device.
• Flashing green: The Find Me feature has been activated.

Connect a micro SD card to the Connect EZ 8 for use with event and data logging, and when using Python.

Connect the RJ45F to DB9F RS232 console adapter to the Console port.

The two USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1) ports act as an AnywhereUSB 2 Plus Hub. The USB ports can only be used in conjunction with the AnywhereUSB Manager, which must be installed separately.

You can use the Manager connect to and monitor the devices connected to the USB ports. You can configure the AnywhereUSB service and Manager from the Connect EZ 8 web UI.

See AnywhereUSB 2 Plus USB ports on a Connect EZ 8.

Note The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) renamed USB 3.0 to USB 3.1 Gen 1. There is no change in performance, functionality, or electrical characteristics between USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 Gen 1.

Use the serial ports to connect to devices and equipment to the Connect EZ 8. See Connect equipment to the Connect EZ serial port.

The serial port LED shows the status of the connection.

• Green: The LED is solid green when a device is connected to the port.
• Yellow: The LED is linked directly to the serial transmit pin. During serial transmit, the specific LED blink pattern is very dependent on the bit rate and amount of traffic. At higher baud rates the flicker rate may be difficult to detect.

Connect an SFP+ transceiver module for fiber connection, such as Finisar Network FTLX8574D3BCL SFP+.

For more information, see Configure an SFP+ port.

Note This is available on all models except for the Connect EZ 8 model (EZ08-A100).

Note Connect EZ 8  can support both a copper port and an SFP+ port at the same time. If an SFP+ port is enabled, the SFP+ port LED will illuminate if an SPF+ transceiver is installed, regardless of whether the optical/fiber cable is connected end-to-end.

Use the ETH 1 port to connect the device to your local network using an Ethernet cable. See Connect to site network using an Ethernet LAN.

The ETH 1 LED shows the status of the connection.

• Yellow (left): There is activity on the port.
• Green (right): The port is in use.

Use the ETH 2 port to connect to a second Ethernet port. This is useful for redundancy or if you have more than one network.

The ETH 2 LED shows the status of the connection.

• Yellow (left): There is activity on the port.
• Green (right): The port is in use.

Shows the strength of the WWAN signal.

Shows the status of the Wi-Fi connection.

An Ethernet switch which is used to connect additional devices.

Note This is available on only the Connect EZ 8 I/O with ETH Switch model (EZ08-E100).