Specifications

Section 1—Installation & Configuration Bulletin No. VVDED397044US R12/00

Trunk and Drop Cabling with Taps December 2000

Order a sufficient quantity of drop cables and taps to allow extra ones for

service access and spare parts.

Connecting the Signal Wires

Detailed instructions for stripping the wires and making connections are

enclosed in each tap package. Below is a general description of the

signal wire connections.

The drop cable contains two sets of twisted-pair signal wires with

separate shield wires. It also has an outer shield drain wire, for a total of

seven wires.

• One set of wires is color-coded WHITE and ORANGE, with a bare

shield wire.

• The other set is WHITE and BLUE, with a bare shield wire.

Before connecting the wires, make sure you have identified the two sets

of twisted-pair wires.

The two white wires are

not interchangeable

. When

you connect the wires, you must connect each wire to its proper terminal.

Insert the cable into the tap and secure it with a cable tie. Viewing the tap

as shown in Figure 22 on page 31, connect the wires. The terminals are

marked as illustrated in Table 7.

Table 7: Drop Cable Terminals

Terminal Location Wire Color

O Left ORANGE

W Left Center WHITE

GND Center Shields (both sets of wires)

W Right Center WHITE

BLU Right BLUE