Specifications

Installing the Modem

After you set the modem’s configuration switches, you can install it in a slot within a BLACK BOX® Modem Rack

II (or equivalent modem rack from Telenetics Corporation or Motorola/UDS).

The modem is installed or replaced from the front of the modem cage or modem rack, without disturbing the cable

connections on the back. The modem can be installed and removed without having to remove power from the

modem cage or modem rack. Special tools or test equipment are not required for installing the modem.

1. Wear an antistatic wrist strap over your wrist on your bare skin (not over a shirt or jacket).

2. Remove the wrapping protecting the modem.

3. Remove the front panel of the modem cage or modem rack and pick an empty slot.

4. Hold the modem so the front panel LEDs are facing you and the edge connectors are pointing to the backplane

of the modem cage or modem rack.

5. Install the modem into the selected slot in the modem cage or modem rack (see Figure 2-3).

6. Push firmly on the modem to seat it properly into the slot and backplane. The back of the modem cage or

modem rack contains the connectors for interfacing to the Date Terminal Equipment and communications line.

Figure 2-4 shows how the modems look when installed in the rack.

7. Replace the front panel of the modem cage or modem rack.

Figure 2-3. Installing the Modem

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