ADC ACE-142S/142V 8 PRE-INSTALLEDDISTRIBUTION CABLE CONFIGURATION

ADCP-96-015 • Issue 1 • July 2004

8 PRE-INSTALLED DISTRIBUTION CABLE CONFIGURATION

ACE-142V cabinets are equipped with pre-installed distribution cables that enter/exit the cabinet from the bottom. At the entry/exit points, each cable is secured with a clamp. Beyond the clamp, the outer sheath of each cable is removed and the fibers are broken out into subunits. Each subunit is fanned out into twelve individual fibers and each fiber is terminated with a connector. The fiber subunits are routed to the connector panels where each fiber is connected to a bulkhead adapter.

Each connector panel can accommodate six 12-fiber subunits which equals 72 fiber ports per panel. Each distribution cable typically has a fiber count that is a multiple of 72 to correspond with the number of ports provided by each connector panel. Depending on the option ordered, cabinets may be equipped with up to nine distribution cables. A drawing is provided with each ACE-142V cabinet that indicates the connector panel and optical port assignments for the fibers within each distribution cable. Refer to this drawing when splicing to determine the terminating port for each fiber within each cable. A diagram of a typical distribution cable configuration is shown in Figure 33.

BACK

SPLITTERS SPLITTERS

PANEL 1

FIBERS

1 -72

PANEL 2

FIBERS 73 - 144

PANEL 3

FIBERS

1 - 72

PANEL 4

FIBERS 73 - 144

PANEL 5

FIBERS

145 - 216




CABLE 2			CABLE 1
SUBUNITS		SUBUNITS
1 - 18	1 - 12
(216 FIBERS)		(144 FIBERS)
			19817-A

Figure 33. Pre-Installed Distribution Cable - Typical Configuration

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