Terminal Block Requirements; Installing The Bix Cross-Connect Terminal - Nortel 1000M Installation And Commissioning Manual

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Terminal block requirements

Installing the BIX cross-connect terminal

NN43021-310 Standard 02.01
Planning and designating a Main Distribution Frame
This chapter describes how to install and connect a CS 1000M system using
the BIX or Krone Test Jack Frame (UK) cross-connect terminals.
Note: The examples shown here are BIX and Krone cross-connect
systems. These items are commercially available, but are not supplied by
Nortel.
This chapter contains the following procedures:
• Procedure 11: "Installing the BIX cross-connect terminal" on
• Procedure 12: "Installing the Krone Test Jack Frame (UK)" on
The cross-connect terminal requires enough connecting blocks to terminate:
• up to 16 25-pair cables for each IPE shelf
• up to four 25-pair cables for each Media Gateway and Media Gateway
Expander
• four conductors for the AUX cable from the Media Gateway
• one 25-pair cable from each PFTU
• wiring from telephones and trunks.
DANGER
Always use caution when installing or modifying
telephone lines. Do not install telephone wiring during a
lightning storm. Never touch uninsulated telephone
wiring, unless the line is disconnected at the network
interface.
Procedure 11 describes how to install the BIX cross-connect terminal.
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