Visara CCA-3074 Installation - Manual (Page 17)

CCA-3074 Installation and Configuration
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Cabling for FICON
The FICON interface card used by the CCA-3074 may have 1, 2, or 4 individual FICON
interfaces built in. Each FICON interface includes a transceiver mounted on the interface
card. FICON transceivers come in short wave and long wave versions. Correct
transceivers for the customer’s environment should have been shipped with the platform.
However if the correct transceivers are not installed, it is possible to swap transceivers in
the field. Please refer to the CCA-3074 Users Guide and Maintenance Manual for
information regarding this.
The FICON interface card ships with a plastic plug inserted into each FICON interface,
for purposes of keeping dust from the optical leads and to help protect the connector
during shipment. The plastic plug(s) should be left in place until you are ready to attach
the FICON cable(s). When ready, remove each plastic plug and set aside in a safe place
for future use. Insert the FICON cable into the cavity vacated by the plastic plug, and
push in until you hear/feel it click into place. Be careful when handling FICON cables,
and do not bend the cables any more than necessary. The cables are fiber optics, and
bending them too tightly will cause them to break internally, and make them useless.