HP ProCurve High-Speed Transceivers Installation Guide

Installing the Patch Cord

As shown in the illustration below, connect the patch cord to the Gigabit-

LX Transceiver with the section of single-mode fiber plugged in to the Tx

(transmit) port. Then, connect the other end of the patch cord to your

network cabling patch panel, or directly to the network multimode fiber.

If you connect the patch cord directly to the network cabling, you may need

to install a female-to-female adapter to allow the cables to be connected

together.

Make sure you purchase a patch cord that has SC connectors on the end

that connects to the Gigabit-LX Transceiver and has multimode fibers that

match the characteristics of the multimode fiber in your network.

Recommended Patch Cords. The following Mode Conditioning Patch

Cords have been tested and verified to operate correctly with the HP

Gigabit-LX Transceiver:

These part numbers could change. Contact Computer Crafts through the

world wide web at www.computer-crafts.com. A number of other vendors

provide mode conditioning patch cords including Siecor, Inc. which can be

contacted at www.siecor.com.

Part Number Connectors Multimode Section Fiber Type

Computer Crafts • MCP07071-002

• MCP07072-002

• MCP01071-002

• MCP01072-002

SC-SC

SC-ST

62.5/125 µm

50/125 µm

62.5/125 µm

50/125 µm

to network

multimode

cabling

Mode Conditioning

Patch Cord

the multimode cable in the patch cord

must match the characteristics of your

network cable

Gigabit-LX Transceiver in

Gigabit Stacking Module

single-mode section plugs into Tx

port on Gigabit-LX Transceiver

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