CHAPTER 5 Cabling the Device
MP-1288 | Hardware Installation Manual
2.
Terminate the wires on the other end of the cable to your patch panel or distribution
frame. The wires are grouped in pairs with labels indicating the FXS channels. Make sure
that you connect the wires according to the correct port channels as labelled on the wires.
3.
Connect your analog equipment to your patch panel or distribution frame, by plugging
their RJ-11 connectors into the RJ-11 sockets on the patch panel or distribution frame.
Connecting FXS Interfaces Directly to an MDF
If you are using your own third-party MDF, perform the following instructions.
To reduce noise interference, use a twisted pair Octopus cable that is terminated on a
metal-hooded 50-pin Telco connector.
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To connect FXS interfaces directly to an MDF:
1.
Wire the 50-pin Telco connectors according to the pinouts in
2.
Connect the wire-pairs at the other end of the cable to a 50-pin male Telco connector (not
supplied).
3.
Attach the male connector to one of the FXS blade's 50-pin female Telco connectors,
located on the chassis' rear panel.
4.
Attach each pair of wires from a 25-pair Octopus cable (not supplied) to its corresponding
socket on the MDF.
5.
Connect the telephone lines from the MDF to the analog equipment, by inserting each RJ-
11 connector on the 2-wire line cords to the RJ-11 sockets on the front of the MDF:
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