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Meridian Companion Installation and Maintenance Guide
Installing Meridian Companion cards
Meridian Companion includes five different types of cards:
• a required Companion Meridian Controller card (CMCC)
• optional Companion Meridian radio line cards (CMRC)
• optional Companion Meridian line cards (CMLC)
• optional Companion Meridian base station cards (CMBC)
• a required ROM feature card, which is a daughter board of the Controller
card (CMCC)
If a new IPE Module is required, make sure that it has been installed and
powered up before installing the Meridian Companion system.
Keep these points in mind when installing cards:
Note: When you install a CMBC card connect at least one Base Station to it
before you power on the system to prevent a Config ambiguous alarm
• The cards must all reside on a single IPE Module.
• The cards must be grouped in adjacent slots on the IPE Module (or IPE
slots on the CE/PE Module).
• The CMCC can be installed anywhere on the IPE Module, but it must be
located to the left of the other Companion cards.
• Any Companion expansion cards must be installed, in any order, to the
right of the CMCC, and must be installed before installing the CMCC.
• The cards should be installed and connected from right to left. The
CMCC is the last card to be installed and connected.
STATIC!
Wear a grounding strap.
Do not touch the printed circuit board or the
connector. The printed circuit board is a static-
sensitive device.