Nortel Meridian Companion, Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Meridian Companion Installation and Maintenance Guide
Figure 7 shows a configuration that would be suitable for a system that has an
existing MDF. Typically the MDF is located in the same room as the
Meridian 1 system, although it could be a closet MDF. In either case the Base
Stations are wired through the MDF rather than the RPI unit.
Figure 7 : Base Station powering: RPI configuration option 2
An illustration of an RPI unit appears in Figure 8. Figure 9 illustrates RPI
components.
CMCC, CMRC or CMBC
MDF
Base Stations
main power
1- or 2- power pairs per Base Station
TCM cable
RPI
1-pair TCM wires
per Base Station
Meridian 1
RPI
output