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Instruction Sheet
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Step 6
– Assemble the Connector
1. Remove the tape or clip holding the cable jacket and the strengthening yarn.
2. Unscrew the rear housing from the boot assembly.
3. Slide the rear housing up to the ferrule, pulling the jacket and strengthening yarn through the rear housing.
4. Remove the dust cap from the ferrule and install the connector body by pushing it onto the end of the
ferrule. Ferrule window and housing key are in the same orientation for male/male trunks and opposite for
female-female trunks.
Note
:
Refer to polarity method B shown in Table 2 below for orientation configuration options.
5. Slide the outer housing over the ferrule and spring, and snap onto the end of the rear housing.
Cable
Type
Gender
End A
End B
Standard
Trunks
Equipment
Cords
End A/B
Male/Male
Female/Male
Female/Female
EQ-Female
EQ-Male
EQ-EQ
Housing
Key
Position
A/B
UP/UP
UP/UP
UP/UP
UP/UP
UP/UP
UP/UP
Ferrule
Window
Position
A/B
UP/UP
Down/UP
Down/Down
UP/Down
UP/UP
UP/UP
Ferrule window up
Housing key up
Line represents the #1 (blue) fiber in a ribbonized cable.
Ferrule window down
Housing key down
Equipment cords (EQ) use female ferrules.
Table 2
3.
5.
4.
2.
