QCM486 Miniature Protector Connector (MPC)
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8. Installing Stubbed Connectors in
Locations With Cable Vaults
8.1
Open cable vault entrance hole(s) or
ferrule(s) using local instructions and
procedures.
8.2
Remove the MPC from its shipping
container (keep the protective packing around
the connector assembly).
8.3
Mark the stub cable with its identification
number and the pair count of the outside-plant
cable to which the stub is to be spliced.
8.4
Pass the stub cable through the entrance
hole into the cable vault. Remove any twists in
the cable.
8.5
Screw the two mounting screws supplied
with the MPC part way into the mounting holes
on the distributing frame vertical. Insert screws
from left side of vertical.
8.6
Hang the MPC by its mounting bracket
slots on the two screws in the frame vertical
(Figures 8 and 9).
NOTE:
Mount the first MPC on the appropriate
frame verticals:
• Compact (PDF) 356 mm (14 in.) from floor or
203 mm (8 in.) from ladder guard rail
(Figure 7).
• Conventional (PDF) 305 mm (12 in.) from
floor (Figure 7).
NOTE:
Position the MPC so that the plastic stud
on the top of the connector immediately below
engages the slot on the bottom of the connector being
mounted.
8.7
Tighten the mounting screws to secure
MPC to vertical.
8.8
Dress the stub down the frame and into
the cable vault.
8.9
Secure the stub(s) to the vertical with
cable retaining brackets.
8.10
Close cable vault entrance hole or ferrule
according to local procedures.
8.11
Mark the designation strip with cable
number and pair count of the MPC cable being
terminated.
NOTE:
An adhesive designation number card is
supplied with each MPC.
8.12
Test the protector modules.
8.13
Splice the stub to the outside-plant cable
using standard splicing procedures.