Installing Aroona Equipment; Rack Aroona-Star - Cailabs Aroona Star Instruction Manual

2. Installing AROONA equipment

A. Rack AROONA-STAR
1. Open the existing optical distribution rack containing the
fibers and identify the to-be-upgraded multimode fibers.
If identification is not straight-forward (e.g. there is no
color coding) you can use the provided stickers to label the
relevant fibers.
2.
Cut the connectors at the fibers' end.
Warning: Available fiber length in the distribution rack
often is short. It is important to maximize available
fiber length to ease the splicing procedure.
3. The existing multimode fibers will no longer be usable via
the existing patch panel. You can indicate that the port is
disconnected on the existing patch panel using the adhesive
label provided (NC for Not Connected).
4. On the AROONA-STAR rack, first of all it is crucial to identify
the AROONA-STAR output multimode fiber corresponding
to the channel to be used. Marking rings labelled 1, 2, 3, 4...
to 24 (depending of the AROONA-STAR version) are placed
at the rack output and 1 meter away from the end of each
fiber to enable identification of the corresponding channels.
5. Make sure that the AROONA-STAR output fiber is long
enough to reach the distribution panel (where the to-be-
upgraded fibers can be found) and to proceed with the
splicing process. AROONA-STAR products show 5m of
output fiber as standard.
Do not bend or constrict the output fibers in any way.
Excess fiber length can be cut before splicing operations
or coiled and attached to the cabinet after splicing
operations.
6. Insert the AROONA-STAR rack in the fiber cabinet. Make
sure easy access to the fibers is possible before inserting
and fixing the rack to the cabinet bay.
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The AROONA-STAR rack must be fixed to the frontside
of the storage cabinet using the 4 cage nuts and 4 screws
provided. If there is more than one available slot in the
cabinet always load racks from the bottom to the top of
the cabinet making sure heavier equipment is placed at the
bottom of the cabinet.
If a stabilization system is provided with the cabinet, install
it before inserting the AROONA-STAR product.
NB: AROONA-STAR being a passive product earthing the
rack is not needed.
7. Proceed with splicing steps by fusing the existing multi-
mode fibers to the AROONA-STAR fibers (procedure
detailed later in this manual).
8. Then proceed to the qualification and production stages
detailed later in this manual.
Note: A detachable sheet is provided at the end of the
manual to insert into your network bay rack. It is used
to identify the AROONA-STAR channels used and to link
them to the information of the remote sites (building
name, patch panel & fiber number).