Fiber Optic Media Converters are used to convert an Ethernet device with cat5 or cat6 cable to fiber optic cable. By enabling this conversion, the user is now able to extend the Ethernet signal over a much longer distance. For example, let’s say a user has an IP camera at the top of a pole at a remote location. The user wishes to monitor this camera from a distance of 1 mile away from the pole. Since cat5/cat6 Ethernet cable has a distance limitation of approximately 328ft, the user will need to run fiber optic cable from the pole to the monitoring site. The user would then utilize a fiber optic media converter at the camera site to convert the cat5/cat6 to fiber, and then install a second media converter at the monitoring site to convert the fiber optic cable back to cat5/cat6. This is just one scenario of many for which Fiber Optic Media Converters are utilized. Versitron’s fiber optic converters can be used for connecting two of the same or different types .