Connecting The Cables - Nortel Meridian 1 Planning, Installation And Operating Instructions

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Connecting the cables

553-3121-210 Standard 3.0
Chapter 14 – Installing and connecting the cross-connect terminal
3 Attach labels on the cross-connect terminal to indicate the
terminal blocks assigned to:
• 25-pair cables from the cabinets
• telephones and consoles
• trunks
• other miscellaneous equipment
Note: If installing the BIX cross-connect system, refer to BIX
Installation and Servicing (NTP 631-4511-200) for information about
labels used with these terminal blocks.
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Always use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.
Avoid installing telephone wiring during a lightning storm. Never
touch uninsulated telephone wiring unless the line has been
disconnected at the network interface.
Each NTMW08 cabinet requires up to six 25-pair cables amd each NTMW35
cabinet requires up to ten 25-pair cables. Cables are routed through the
opening at the bottom rear of the cabinet.
Procedure 13
Connecting the cables
1 Route the cables up through the opening at the bottom rear of
each cabinet.
2 Connect a 25-pair cable to connector on the faceplate of each line
and trunk card.
3 Terminate the 25-pair cables installed at the cross-connect
terminal.
Label all the cables at the cross-connect terminal blocks according to
the card slot allocation plan.
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January 1999
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