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Installation, Maintenance, and Service Manual
Federal Signal
www.fedsig.com
Preparing the Valor for Installation
The numbers in the steps below refer to the wires in Figure 1. To connect the Valor to
the battery and Serial Interface Module:
1.
To supply power to the light bar, use a fully-charged 12-volt automotive battery
with terminal lugs.
2.
Place the light bar on a sturdy, flat surface.
3.
Plug the CAT5 communication cable (1) from the light bar into the Serial Interface
Module (J1).
4.
Plug the 24-pin harness (2) into the Serial Interface Module.
5.
Attach the light bar’s black ground-power line (3) to the negative battery (–GND)
lug.
6.
Attach the light bar’s red power line (4) through a 40 A Maxi™ fuse to the positive
battery (+BAT) lug.
7.
Attach the white wire (5) from the 24-pin harness through a 1 A fuse to the positive
battery (+BAT) lug.
8.
Attach the black wire and the black/white wire (6) from the 24-pin harness to the
negative battery
(–GND) lug.
Figure 1 Serial Interface Module connections for programming
290A6559
SERIAL
INTERFACE
MODULE
POWER LINE (RED)
GROUND POWER LINE (BLACK)
BLACK WIRE
BLACK / WHITE WIRE
CAT5
COM.
CABLE
(GRAY)
WHITE WIRE
24-PIN HARNESS
5
+
–
12 Vdc
VEHICLE
BATTERY
4
3
1
2
6