Installing Nodes in Modulus Enclosures

Installing RFI

If you have a Modulus 18 enclosure and at least one TRIM card, follow these steps

Suppression

to install the RFI suppression screen shown in Figure 2-14,to meet FCC

Screen

requirements:

 

 

 

 

 

Step

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Open the door of the enclosure. If the two RFI suppression straps

 

 

 

have been installed, as shown in Figure 2-15,remove them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Place the screen flat against the inside of the door with the three

 

 

 

attachment points facing the inside of the door.

 

 

 

The edge with two attachment tabs aligns with the top and bottom

 

 

 

door hinges, as shown in Figure 2-14,and the single attachment tab

 

 

 

aligns with the inside of the door latch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

To install the screen, you can leave the door connected to the

 

 

 

enclosure. Swing the door open wide, and align the two tabs to the

 

 

 

top and bottom hinges. Press each point gently but firmly to make

 

 

 

solid connections. Then press the single tab to the door latch.

 

 

 

The screen is then in place.

 

Modulus 18: RFI

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have a 6500PLUS node in a Modulus 18 enclosure and there are no TRIM

Suppression

cards, install two RFI (radio frequency interference) grounding straps to the front of

without a TRIM

the enclosure (inside the front cover) as shown in Figure 2-15.These are needed to

Card

meet FCC requirements. The straps are not needed if at least one TRIM card is

 

installed in the enclosure.

Note

If you have older model 6500 nodes (non-6500PLUSnodes) installed in Modulus 21 enclosures, you must install similar RFI straps in the Modulus 21 enclosure as well.

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