Installation Manual

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

FS136A

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2. INSTALLATION OF FLEX-OPTI-1RU INTO PANDUIT 1RU PATCH PANEL (PANDUIT

PART NUMBER CFAPPBL1)

2.1 Slide the front insert into the patch panel opening (see figure 4) from the front of the patch panel in the orientation

shown. Make sure the plungers attached to the front insert (see figure 4) are pulled back to the "unlocked" position when

the FLEX-OPTI-1RU is slid into the proper holes.

Push this

direction

Front

Insert

Patch

Panel

Opening

Front of CFAPPBL1

Plunger

pulled back

"Unlocked" position:

back portion not

flared out

Figure 4:

Front insert oriented

and in process of being

placed into proper

patch panel opening

with plungers in

"unlocked" position

Detail showing plunger

pushed into "locked"

position

Front Insert

Front of CFAPPBL1

2.2 Lock the front insert in place by pressing the plungers into the "locked" position once plungers have been inserted into the

necessary holes in the patch panel.

Figure 5:

FLEX-OPTI-1RU front

insert installed into

proper patch panel

holes with plungers

pushed into "locked"

position