Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Document Overview
- ERA System Overview
- CAP MX Overview
- Safely Working with ERA Hardware
- Installing CAP MXs
- CAP MX Installation and Cascade Rules
- Cat6A Cable Requirements for Ethernet Devices
- Prepare for Installation
- Wire an Optional Hybrid Fiber Splice Box
- Mount the CAP MX
- Grounding the CAP MX
- Connect the CAP MX Cables
- Power the CAP MX
- Contacting CommScope
- CMS Global Technical Support
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling
- Hardware to Software Mapping Information
- CMS Technical Training
- Accessing ERA User Documentation

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CAP MX Medium Power Carrier Access Point Installation Guide M0203A5A_uc
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Installing CAP MXs
11 On lower right of the CAP MX-1, reinstall the M6x12 screw and its washers that you removed in Step 7 on
page 40.
a Slide first the M6 split-lock washer and then the M6 plain washer over the M6x12 screw.
b Insert the M6x12 screw through the screw hole shown below, and screw it back into the CAP MX-1
chassis; torque to 11 N-m (100 in-lbs).
12 Repeat Step 11 on the left side of the CAP MX-1.
M6x12 bolt and washer set in hole
closest to mounting surface