Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Document Overview
- Era System Overview
- CAP M Overview
- Safely Working with Era Hardware
- Installing CAP Ms
- CAP M Installation and Cascade Rules
- Cat6A Cable Requirements for Ethernet Devices
- Prepare for Installation
- Wire an Optional Hybrid Fiber Splice Box
- Mount the CAP M
- Grounding the CAP M
- Connect the CAP M Cables
- Power the CAP M
- Contacting CommScope
- CMS Global Technical Support
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling
- Hardware to Software Mapping Information
- CMS Technical Training
- Accessing Era User Documentation
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Installing CAP Ms
3 Follow the steps in "Unpack and Inspect the CAP M and Optional Accessories” on page 23. Table 10 lists
the parts that ship with the CAP M Pole Mounting Kit for Up to 18" Poles.
Table 10. Parts List for CommScope PN 7692096-XX
Description Quantity Description Quantity
Pole-Mounting Bracket 2 M8 Threaded Bolt 8
Bracket 2 M8 Hexagon Nut 8
M6 Hexagon Nut 4 M8 Plain Washer 16
M6 Plain Washer 4 M8 Split-Lock Washer 8
M6 Split-Lock Washer 4 M8 Nut 8
4 Refer to "Determine the Mounting Site” on page 20 to determine the mounting location, which must be
able to support the weight and
dimensions of the CAP M.
Installer must verify that the mounting surface will safely support the combined load of the electronic
equipment and all attached hardware and components.
5 Refer to "Mounting Orientation” on page 28 to determine the mounting orientation of the CAP M.
6 Refer to and obs
erve all cautions listed in "General Mounting Cautions” on page 27.
7
Pole-Mounng
Brackets
Dual-Mounng
Bracket
7c
7a
7b
Screw
pin
Attach either a Single
Mounting Bracket
(Co
mmScope PN
7821955-xx) or a Dual
Mounting Bracket
(CommScope PN
7821954-xx) to the two
screw pins on one of the two
Pole-Mounting Brackets.
Attach the M6 nut and
washers in the order shown.
a Slide one M6 plain
washer (7A) ove
r each
screw pin.
b Sl
ide one M6 split-lock
washer (7B) over each
screw pin, next to the M6
plain washer.
c Secure one M6 Hexago
n
Nut (7A) to the end of
each screw pin, and then
torque to 11 N-m.
8 Rep
eat Step 7 on the second Pole-Mounting Bracket.
The balance of this procedure may require two installers to complete.