Task List: Optical Cross-Connect And Interconnect Hardware Descriptions - Avaya MCC1 Installation And Upgrades

Connecting and Handling Fiber Optic Cables

Task List: Optical Cross-connect and Interconnect Hardware Descriptions

connecting blocks, by moving the patch cord from one point on the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) to
another.
Optical interconnects consist of Lightguide Interconnect Units (LIUs) without a trough between them.
Figure 301, Typical Optical Interconnect Field,
and outgoing multi-mode and single-mode cables are connected directly to each other. This arrangement
makes circuit changes more difficult, but reduces optical losses.
Task List: Optical Cross-connect and Interconnect
Hardware Descriptions
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100A Lightguide Interconnect Unit
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10A Lightguide Connector Panel and Couplings
C2000A-2 Connector Coupling (Multi-Mode) or
C3000A-2 Connector Coupling (Single-Mode)
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Lightguide Troughs
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Fiber Interconnection Cable
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Labels for Fiber Optic Cables
Figure 300: Typical Optical Lightguide Interconnect Unit
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on page 765 shows a typical Interconnect field. Incoming
on page 765
on page 767 (1A4 Lightguide Trough and 1A6 Lightguide Trough)
on page 767 (Multi-Mode or Single-Mode Fiber Interconnect Cable)
on page 768
on page 766:
SI Installation and Upgrades
June 2004