Installation Tasks – Locate Existing Pots Lines - DataRemote Pots In a Box CDS-9090 User Manual

TESTING FIRE PANEL. (Continued)
-Take a "BEFORE" picture of the panel and any status indicators/displayed messages
appearing to represent the condition of the panel upon arrival!
CAUTION: DO NOT DISCONNECT ANY EXISTING PHONE LINES UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO LATER IN
THIS DOCUMENT. TO DO SO EARLIER, MAY RISK A POSSIBLE DISPATCH FROM THE RESPECTIVE ALARM
COMPANY.
PHASE 2
Installation Tasks – Locate Existing POTS Lines
WARNING! DO NOT TOUCH THE EXISTING RJ-31 POTS JACKS NEAR FIRE PANEL UNLESS
INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
Once the Fire Panel is located, you will need to connect the DataRemote CDS-9090 device's phone
1-8 ports respectively with the Fire Alarm Panel's primary & secondary phone line ports preferably
utilizing the existing cabling already connecting those ports to their current POTS lines.
As stated earlier in Step 1, when trying to find the Fire Alarm Panel, that cabling is typically
terminated near the Fire Panel via some method before running inside the panel to connect to it. A
common method uses two (2) surface mount jacks, but you may see other methods as well.
ID the termination points of those two(2) POTS lines serving the Fire Alarm Panel at the telco
Closet/demarc. To do so, try one or more of the following:
Look for the two (2) telephone number's (TN) if ID's and labeled at the Fire Panel and record
them in your installation checklist and then look for labels with those TN's at the Telco
Room/Demarc.
Be sure to also note which TN may be labeled primary or secondary.
Tone-trace the existing cabling:
Temporarily unplug the cable from the Fire Alarm Panel leading into one of the RJ-31x
surface mount jacks.
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