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ONNECTING THE COMMUNICATION SERVER
CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION
Connecting the communication server
There are two possibilities for connection to the telephone network and the terminal-side cabling:
• Direct connection
• Indirect cabling via (main) distribution frame and any universal building cable installation (UBC) (see
also Connecting to a UBC via a (main) distribution board (example)
and Connecting to a UBC via
wiring centre (example)).
Figure 4.14: Direct cabling (left) and indirect cabling (right)
On the front panel all the connections are made using RJ45 connectors.
Direct connection
Standard commercial cables are used to connect directly to the telephone network. Details can be found
in the Chapter Network interfaces
.
Indirect connection
There are two possibilities for connecting the communication server indirectly to the telephone network
and terminal-side cabling:
• Connection via main distribution board
• Connection to a universal building cable installation (UBC)