Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Document Overview
- Era System Overview
- Fiber CAP L Overview
- Plan and Prepare for a Fiber CAP L Installation
- Maximum Number of Fiber CAP Ls Supported in an Era System
- Cascade Rules for Fiber CAP Ls
- Cat6A Cable Requirements for Ethernet Devices
- Safely Working with Era Hardware
- Determine the Power Consumption of the CAP L
- Determine the CAP L Installation Site
- Recommended Tools and Material
- Unpack and Inspect the CAP L and Optional Accessories
- Obtain the Required Materials
- Mount the Fiber CAP L
- General Mounting Cautions
- Mounting a CAP L with a Flat Mounting Bracket Kit
- Mounting Two CAP Ls with a Dual Mounting Kit
- Mounting a CAP L with an AC/DC Power Supply Kit
- Wiring the AC/DC Power Supply Kit.
- Mounting a CAP L with a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box Kit
- Prepare for CAP L Hybrid Fiber Splice Box Kit Installation
- Assembling and Wiring the Hybrid Fiber Splice Box
- Wire the Hybrid Fiber Splice Box
- Wire a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box for 4-Wire Power with Limited Power Source
- Wire a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box for 2-Wire Power without Limited Power Source
- Wire a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box to Cascade Two CAP Ls with the 2-Wire Power Configuration
- Wire a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box to Cascade Two CAP Ls with the 4-Wire Power Configuration
- Wall Mount a CAP L Using a CAP L Hybrid Fiber Splice Box Kit
- Ceiling Mount a CAP L
- Connect the Cables to the Fiber CAP L
- Powering on a Fiber CAP L
- CAP L Maintenance
- Contacting CommScope
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Mount the Fiber CAP L
10 Place each cable into one of the grooves of the seal insert.
11 Press the seal insert into the clamp ring opening.
12 Fix the optical cables inside the box using one cable tie and tight the
sealing nut.
13 It is possible to separate the optical cables and use two different cable
glands. Remove the sealing nut and rubber on each cable gland.
14 Close all unused grooves with the plastic cylinders, no matter if one or
two cable glands are used.
15 Insert the copper wires in the first multiple terminal connectors. See
markings on the internal support. Then fasten the copper cables inside
the box using one cable tie.