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Portal Installation Manual
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Document #: PTL1001
3. Untwist the pairs so they will lay flat between your fingers. The white piece of thread can
be cut off even with the jacket and disposed (see Warnings). For easier handling, cut the
wires so that they are 3/4" (19 mm) long from the base of the jacket and even in length.
4. Arrange the wires in the following order (from left to right):
white/orange
orange
white/green
blue
white/blue
green
white/brown
brown
5. Press all the wires flat and parallel between your thumb and forefinger. Verify the colors
have remained in the correct order. Cut the top of the wires even with one another so that
they are 1/2" (12.5 mm) long from the base of the jacket, as the jacket needs to go into
the 8P8C connector by about 1/8", meaning that you only have a 1/2" of room for the
individual cables. Leaving more than 1/2" untwisted can jeopardize connectivity and
quality. Ensure that the cut leaves the wires even and clean; failure to do so may cause
the wire not to make contact inside the jack and could lead to wrongly guided cores inside
the plug.