| 摘要 |
Coupling an inline powered communications device to a communications network via a pair of ports, the communications device configured for sending and receiving first data in a first communications format, comprising, a first port of the pair of ports having a device connector having both inline power and the first data connections for connecting to the communications device to facilitate the communication of the first data in the first communications format and the inline power between an adapter and the communications device, the inline power for use in operating the communications device, a network connector having both inline power and second data connections for connecting to a network cable for coupling to the communications network, the second port to facilitate communication of the second data in a second communications format and the inline power between the network connector and the network cable, the network cable for receiving both the inline power and the second data formatted in the second communications format, the first communications format different from the second communications format, a translation module positioned between the first and second ports and configured for processing format transformation between the digital data in the first communications format and the second data in the second communications format and a power regulator coupled to the inline power for supplying operating power to the translation module by stepping down incoming voltage of the inline power to a level of the operating power.
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