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UniCam Connectors are not reusable once the crimp tube has been crimped. If you are using CTS and the light does not significantly dim you can un-cam the connector, remove the field fiber and re-try with the same or a new fiber. Do not twist the fiber; retract slightly, twist, then re-insert. Refer to Sections 3.7 (MT-RJ), 4.7 (LC) and 5.8 (SC, ST Compatible, FC) in SRP-006-150 for further instructions.

The most critical step in terminating UniCam Connectors on fan-out cable is to leave 4 mm of the 250 µm coating extending beyond the 900 µm fan-out tubing. The 4 mm will allow the fiber to piston in the fan-out tubing and still maintain the fiber mating in the splice area of the UniCam Connector. Refer to Sections 3.5 (MT-RJ), 4.5 (LC) and 5.6 (SC, ST Compatible, FC) of SRP-006-150 for further instructions.

The difference between a SR and JR UniCam LC Connector is that JR does not have a ferrule with a spring. In other words, you can’t push on the ferrule to make it retract into the connector housing. The old LC Junior part number is 95-XXX-98 and the new LC Senior will be 95-XXX-99. Refer to the UniCam Pretium™-Performance Multimode Connectors, LC, SC, ST® Compatible specification sheet for more information.

This is certainly an issue that is occurring more often in the field. While standards bodies suggest not mixing media in a network, there are certainly cases where it is necessary, for example, when a company is migrating to new technologies or, as in the case of your client, where they are cabling an additional building. There are two ways this can be accomplished: either through an optical connection or through network electronics. The more straightforward approach is to make the connection between the two media types through the electronics and not in the patch panel. In this scenario, if

A telecommunications enclosure (TE) can serve as a second (or third or more) telecommunications room (TR) in certain implementations as described in TIA/EIA 568-B.1 Addendum 5, approved in February 2004. In a FTTE installation, backbone fiber is run from the entrance facility through the telecommunications room (TR) (which is still required on every floor) to active equipment housed in TEs. The TE acts as a “tiny TR”, providing consolidation, distribution, and a point of termination closer to the work area. The final link to the desktop can be via fiber, UTP cable, or wireless. FTTE takes advantage of the extended