AT&T Release 2.0 manual Remove Damaged Connecting Blocks

Installing Telephones and Adjuncts

8 . Using the diagonal pliers or wire strippers, cutoff the other end of the patch cord and expose the pairs. Do not cut off too much of the cord because you’ll need the length to test the top rows of the cross-connect field.

9 . The handset also has two clips with “teeth” that extend from its base. Attach the clip of the handset to the exposed wires of the patch cord. Set the switch on the side of the handset to MONITOR.

10.Listen in the handset for the tone device signal.

11.If you hear the signal, you,have found the correct wires. Correctly label both the cross-connect field and the outlet.

12.If you don’t hear the signal, remove the patch cord from the connecting block and push the patch cord down onto the connecting block to the right of the one just tested. Keep moving the patch cord to the next connector block on the right until you find the pairs that carry the tone device signal.

Remove Damaged Connecting Blocks

In some cases, a connecting block can become damaged and must be removed as follows.

1.Remove the wires or the patch cord from the connecting block.

■With interconnect wiring, remove the telephone wires with long-nosed pliers and tag the wires with tape to identify their position.

■With SYSTIMAX, pull off the patch cord.

2.Place a 788K1 retainer tool against the conductor pairs beneath the connecting block to be removed.

3.Grip the connecting block in the center with pliers. Move the block gently up and down and pull it out. See Figure 3-36.

3-72Connecting the Telephones to the Control Unit