HP ProCurve J4131A Installation Manual page 10

Installing the Patch Cord
As shown in the illustration below, connect the patch cord to the Gigabit-
LX Transceiver with the section of single-mode fiber plugged in to the Tx
(transmit) port. Then, connect the other end of the patch cord to your
network cabling patch panel, or directly to the network multimode fiber.
If you connect the patch cord directly to the network cabling, you may need
to install a female-to-female adapter to allow the cables to be connected
together.
to network
multimode
cabling
the multimode cable in the patch cord
must match the characteristics of your
Make sure you purchase a patch cord that has SC connectors on the end
that connects to the Gigabit-LX Transceiver and has multimode fibers that
match the characteristics of the multimode fiber in your network.
Recommended Patch Cords. The following Mode Conditioning Patch
Cords have been tested and verified to operate correctly with the HP
Gigabit-LX Transceiver:
Computer Crafts
These part numbers could change. Contact Computer Crafts through the
world wide web at www.computer-crafts.com. A number of other vendors
provide mode conditioning patch cords including Siecor, Inc. which can be
contacted at www.siecor.com.
10
network cable
Part Number
• MCP07071-002
• MCP07072-002
• MCP01071-002
• MCP01072-002
Gigabit-LX Transceiver in
Gigabit Stacking Module
Mode Conditioning
Patch Cord
single-mode section plugs into Tx
port on Gigabit-LX Transceiver
Connectors Multimode Section Fiber Type
SC-SC
SC-SC
SC-ST
SC-ST
62.5/125 µm
50/125 µm
62.5/125 µm
50/125 µm