User's Manual Part 3

ION
®
-E Series Hardware Installation Guide M0201AA
Page 118 © June 2017 CommScope, Inc.
Cascading CAP Ls
CASCADING CAP LS
AsecondCAPLcanbecascadedfromaprimaryCAPL(theCAPLconnecteddirectlytotheCAN/TEN).
LimitationsforcascadedCAP
Lsarelistedbelow.
• TherecanbeonlytwoCAPLsinacascade.
• Thecascadedunitmustusethesametransporttype(CopperorOptical).
• ThecascadedCAPLmustgetitspowerthroughtheDCconnector(eitherfromalocalsupplyorhybrid
fiber);powerovertheCATcabletothecascadedunitisnotsupported.
• UseoftheAUXportsinacascadedsystemislimitedasfollows:
– ForCopper,useonlytheAUXportonthecascadedCAPL.
– ForOptical,useonlyoneoftheAUXports,whichcanbeoneithertheprimaryorcascadedCAPL.
• Thetotal320MHzRFbandwidthissharedbetweenthetwocascadedunits,butcanbesharedunevenly;
thatis,withmorebandwidthgoingtoeithertheprimaryorcascadedCAP
L.
• AftertheprimaryCAPLpowersup,thesecondaryCAPLwillbediscoveredandpoweruponitsown;for
informationonhowaCAP
Lpowersup,see"PoweringaCAPL”onpage82.