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Page 44 Commercial in Confidence UWB-D00068 Rev J
Figure21‐Contactcrimptool
To crimp CAT-5e cable using discrete contact crimping method:
1. Strip 50 mm of the cable's sheath.
2. Strip 3 to 4 mm of each wire to expose their strands.
3. Insert the contact socket on the crimper's left side such that the contact socket's opening is
pointing upwards, the end of the contact socket is flush with the crimper on the left side, and
the contact socket end stands out on the right side.
Figure22‐Insertingsocketintocrimper
4. Place the wire in the contact socket’s opening. The exposed wire must be placed in the
contact socket’s opening.
5. Squeeze the crimper handles to crimp the contact socket over the wire.
6. Remove the crimped contact socket and crimp the remaining wires.
7. When all the wires have been crimped, insert the crimped contact sockets into the rear of the
Circular connector housing, in their correct order according to the connector pinouts (defined
above).