Long Distance Connections for an Airport Concourse The Challenge Modern airports fill the spaces between the gates with food courts, kiosks and shops of every description. There are POS systems and interactive devices like ATMs everywhere you look. Considering the distances involved, the Ethernet backbone for long airport concourses is normally going to be fiber optic cable. But individual devices and pay management systems often connect via Cat5 copper cable. One of B&B customers needed a conversion solution for an airport in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Solution B&B Electronics provided the MiniMC, a compact and simple fiber to copper converter. The MiniMC is easy to use, with no DIP switches or any need for management. There is no NVRAM that might retain information during the t

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