User's Manual

Installing the drop cable and LPU Chapter 5 Installation
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May 2011
To run the drop cable into the building, proceed as follows:
1
Make an entry point into the building and run the main drop cable into
the building.
2
Ground the drop cable to the external ground bar outside the building
entry point, as described in Making a drop cable ground point on
page
5-22.
3
Install the LPU inside the building, not more than 600 mm (24 in) from
the building entry point. Mount the LPU with cable glands facing
downwards.
4
Ground the LPU to the master ground bar.
5
Cut any surplus length from the bottom end of the main drop cable
and fit an RJ45 connector and gland, as described in Assembling an
RJ45 con
nector and gland on page 5-16.
6
Connect the main drop cable to the LPU, as described in Connecting
an
RJ45 and gland to a unit on page 5-19.
7
Connect the LPU-PoE cable to the other port of the LPU, as described
in Connecting an RJ45 and gland to a unit on
page 5-19.
8
Run the LPU-PoE cable to the location of the PoE power supply.
NOTE
If it is necessary to disconnect the drop cable, refer to Disconnecting an
RJ45
and gland from a unit on page 5-21.