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
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Installing CAP MXs
17 On lower right of the CAP MX-2, reinstall the M6x12 screw and its washers that you removed in Step 13
on page 43.
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
chassis; torque to 11 N-m (100 in-lbs).
18 Repeat Step 11 on the left side of CAP MX-2.
19 Do one of the following:
• If this installation requires a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box, go to "Attach a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box to the
CAP MX” on page 46.
• If this installation does not a Hybrid Fiber Splice Box, go to "Grounding the CAP MX” on page 51.
M6x12 bolt and
washer set in hole
furthest from the
mounting surface