User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Getting started
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Preparation
- 4. About the terminal
- 5. Mounting and installing the terminal
- 6. Connecting to the terminal
- 7. Managing the terminal
- 8. Configuring the terminal
- 9. Configuring the traffic interfaces
- 10. Cross Connections
- Embedded cross connect switch
- The Cross Connections application
- The Cross Connections system requirements
- Installing the Cross Connections application
- Opening the Cross Connections application
- The Cross Connections page
- Setting the terminal's address
- Management and user ethernet capacity
- Setting card types
- Getting cross connection configuration from the terminals
- Creating cross connections
- Sending cross connection configuration to the terminals
- Saving cross connection configurations
- Using existing cross connection configurations
- Printing the cross connection configuration
- Deleting cross connections
- Configuring the traffic cross connections
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Earthing and lightning protection
Warning:
Lightning can easily damage electronic equipment.
To avoid this risk, install primary lightning protection devices on any interfaces that are
reticulated in the local cable network.
You should also install a coaxial surge suppressor on the antenna port of the duplexer
Earth the antenna tower, feeders and lightning protection devices in accordance with the appropriate
local and national standards. The diagram below shows the minimum requirements.
Use grounding kits as specified or supplied by the coaxial cable manufacturer to properly ground or
bond the cable outer.