
Chapter2–InstallingandCablingtheMultiVOIP
10 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
MVP410/810modelscontentlist
● MVP410orMVP810
● DB9toDB25cable
● Mountingbracketsandscrews
● Powercord
● PrintedCablingGuide
MountingMVP410andMVP810inRacks
YoucanmounttheMultiVOIPsinanindustry‐standardEIA19‐inch rackenclosure.
SafetyRecommendationsforRackInstallations
Ensureproperinstallationoftheunitinaclosedormulti‐unitenclosurebyfollowingtherecommended
installationasdefinedbytheenclosuremanufacturer.Donotplacetheunitdirectlyontopofotherequipment
orplaceotherequipmentdirectlyontopoftheunit.Ifinstallingtheunitina
closedormulti‐unitenclosure,
ensureadequateairflowwithintheracksothatthemaximumrecommendedambienttemperatureisnot
exceeded.Ensurethattheunitisproperlyconnectedtoearthgroundbyverifyingthatitisreliablygrounded
whenmountedwithinarack.Ifapowerstripisused,ensure
thatthepowerstripprovidesadequategrounding
oftheattachedapparatus.
Whenmountingtheequipmentintherack,makesuremechanicalloadingiseventoavoidahazardous
condition.Therackusedshouldsafelysupportthecombinedweightofalltheequipmentit supports.
Ensurethatthemainssupplycircuitiscapableofhandlingtheloadoftheequipment.Seethepowerlabelonthe
equipmentforloadrequirements(fullspecificationsforMultiVOIPmodelsarepresentedinchapter1ofthismanual).
Thisequipmentshouldonlybeinstalledbyproperlyqualifiedservicepersonnel.Onlyconnect
likecircuits‐connectSELV
(SecondaryExtraLowVoltage)circuitstoSELVcircuitsandTN(TelecommunicationsNetwork)circuitstoTNcircuits.
Installinginto19InchRack
AttachingtheMultiVOIPtoarack‐railofanEIA19‐inchrackenclosurerequirestwopeople.
YoumustattachthebracketstotheMultiVOIPchassiswiththescrewsprovided,asshownthefirstfigurethat
follows,andthensecureunittorackrailsbythebrackets,asshowninthe
secondfigurethatfollows.Because
equipmentracksvary,screwsforrack‐railmountingarenotprovided.Followtheinstructionsoftherack
manufacturerandusescrewsthatfit.
1. Positiontherightrack‐mountingbra cketontheMultiVOIPusingthetwoverticalmountingscrewholes.
2. SecurethebrackettotheMultiVOIPusingthetwoscrewsprovided.
3. Positiontheleftrack‐mountingbracketontheMultiVOIPusingthetwoverticalmountingscrewholes.
4. SecurethebrackettotheMultiVOIPusingthetwoscrewsprovided.
5. Removefeet(4)fromtheMultiVOIPunit.
6. MounttheMultiVOIPintherackenclosure.Usetherackmanufacture’smountingproceduretodoso.