Installing The Protection Module; Connecting The Protection Module To The Terminal; Connecting The Protection Module Ground Cable; Chapter 8 - Hughes HN7700S Installation Manual

Installing the protection
module
To install a protection module, refer to Figures 54 through 56 and
follow these instructions:
1. Connect the short telephone cable from the protection module
MODEM port to the HN router TEL LINE port, as shown in
Figure 55.
Longer
phone
cable
Protection
module
T0155016
Figure 55: Connecting the protection module to the terminal
2. Remove the coaxial cable from the HN router SAT IN port.
See Figure 56.
CAUTION
Do not remove or loosen the factory-installed hex nut on the
HN router SAT IN port. Use the hex nut supplied with the
protection module kit to secure the ring terminal attached to
the protection module ground cable.
Ground
cable from
protection
module
T0155015
Figure 56: Connecting the protection module ground cable
3. Slip the ring terminal at the end of the protection module
grounding cable over the SAT IN terminal post.
Chapter 8 • Configuring the HN router for VADB backup
LINE
port
MODEM
port
Short
phone
cable
Ground
cable
HN7700S backplane
Use hex nut supplied with
the protection module to
secure the ring terminal.
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HN7700S
TEL LINE
port
HN7700S
backplane
Do not remove or
loosen the factory-
installed hex nut.
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