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5.3.
Cable stub
5.3.1.
Cable type and length
The cable stub on the terminal is an all-dielectric flat drop
cable terminated with a female (non-pinned) HMFOC.
The cable outer dimensions are 8 x4.3 mm (0.31x0.17
inch).
Cable length that can be ordered, range from 3 to 609 m
(10 to 2000 feet). See ordering guide for details.
Terminals with cable stub lengths less than 30.5 m (100
feet) are shipped coiled. When the cable stub is 30.5 m
(100 feet) or longer, the terminal is shipped on a spool,
with the terminal secured on the spool flange as shown in
the image below:
A
serial number label
is applied on the cable
approximately 0.2 m (8 inch) from the connector body.
See image below.
5.2.6.2.
24 fiber Indexing terminals
Twenty-four fiber Indexing terminals are designed to
deliver bulk fiber into a distribution area where split and
unsplit services are needed. On board splitters have been
removed in favor of external splitters. Fibers are allocated
into two groups. Fibers 1-12 are configured to the
standard indexing model. Fibers 13-24 are configured as
pure pass-thru without indexing. This segregation allows
for the express delivery of fibers independent of indexing
architectures when necessary and replenishment of fiber
when the indexing string becomes exhausted.
Example below shows the first 4 fibers dropped of. The
signal is unsplit. The fiber in each of these drop off port is
a straight pass-thru fiber. The dust cap is orange.
Fiber 5 of the incoming 12F strand takes in position 1 of
the outgoing HMFOC adapter port (A1). 4 fibers of the
reverse port take in position 8,9,10, 11 and 12 in that
adapter port.
Indexing terminals exhaust themselves once 12 fibers
have been allocated. This may happen in as few as three
links or as many as 12 links dependent on how the fibers
are distributed along the way. Twenty-four fiber terminals
have the capacity to replenish an indexing string by
harnessing the express group on the “A2” port. This is
achieved by attaching the next indexing terminal to the
“A2” port. If the next terminal is a twenty-four fiber
terminal then the tail connectors will be swapped (e.g.
“a1” tail connector to “A2” port and “a2” tail connector to
“A1” port).
A1
A2
Fiber 1
1
2
2
3
1
4
3
5
4
6
6
5
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
11
12
12
DROP
DROP
DROP
DROP
HMFOC
12F
HMFOC
A2
HMFOC
A1
a1, Fiber 1-12
a2, Fiber 13-24
