12-Fiber LGX Adapter Panel, 6 Duplex LC Multimode OM1–OM4, Flanged (FAP-MM-LC-6DF)

This is a 12-fiber LGX adapter panel loaded with six duplex LC multimode adapters, for any multimode grade from OM1 to OM4. It's a cold-rolled steel plate, 130 by 30 mm, which is the single-width LGX footprint, with the six couplers mounted vertically through it on their plastic flanges. Each adapter has the beige housing that marks standard multimode, phosphor bronze alignment sleeves, and a PC polish, and the LC connectors on the pigtails plug into the back while the patch cords plug into the front, so one plate turns a spliced 12-fiber multimode cable into 12 LC ports. It's the general multimode LC plate, for a 62.5 µm OM1 plant or a 50 µm one that isn't being held to a 10 Gigabit spec. It drops into any LGX slot: the RMFP rack-mount splice-and-patch panels, the RMFP-001 patch-only panel, and any other LGX enclosure. It's sold individually. For the aqua 10 Gigabit OM3 and OM4 version, the FAP-MM-LCG-6DF; for the 12-fiber LC pigtails that plug into the back, the PGTLC12-OM1, PGULC12-OM3, and PGTLC12-OM3; for the cords on the front, the LCLCOM1 and LCLCOM3; for the enclosures, the RMFP-015, RMFP-016, RMFP-018, and RMFP-001.

Features

• Six duplex LC adapters, 12 fibers. Multimode OM1 through OM4, beige housings, phosphor bronze alignment sleeves, PC polish.
• LGX footprint. 130 × 30 mm single-width plate; fits standard LGX panels and enclosures.
• Cold-rolled steel.
• Vertical couplers on flanges. Each adapter is held through the plate on its own plastic flanges with metal clips.
• Sold individually.

Where It Fits

It suits a campus or a building backbone on 62.5 µm OM1 or older 50 µm multimode, where a 12-fiber cable is spliced to LC pigtails in the tray behind an LGX panel and the switches patch at Gigabit. It suits a telecom room that is moving an OM1 plant from SC or ST to LC switches without changing the fiber, so the old cable comes out on 12 beige LC ports. Installers filling the LGX slots in an RMFP panel on a mixed-grade multimode plant use it, and so do techs replacing a damaged LC plate in an existing enclosure. A wall-mount box with an LGX cutout on a Gigabit multimode plant is a candidate. It goes with the multimode bulk fiber, the LC pigtails, the splice trays, and the LC patch cords from the fiber collections, and with the LGX enclosures from the fiber panel collection. For a 1U splice-and-patch panel, the RMFP-015. For 2U, the RMFP-016, and for 4U, the RMFP-018. For a patch-only 1U, the RMFP-001. For an OM3 or OM4 plant held to 10 Gigabit, the aqua FAP-MM-LCG-6DF. For multimode on SC, the FAP-MM-SCG-3D, and on ST, the FAP-MM-ST-6S. For the pigtails, the PGTLC12-OM1 on OM1 and the PGULC12-OM3 or PGTLC12-OM3 on OM3. For the cords, the LCLCOM1 and LCLCOM3.

Good to Know

Match the fiber on both sides: the plate takes any multimode grade, which means the adapters will happily mate an orange 62.5 µm OM1 cord to an aqua 50 µm OM3 pigtail, with the core mismatch loss landing at the panel; keep the pigtails, the cords, and the plant all one grade, and let the jacket color be the cue. For an OM3 or OM4 plant that has to meet a 10 Gigabit spec, the aqua FAP-MM-LCG-6DF is the plate the as-built should show, since its color says what's behind it; this beige one is the right choice for OM1 and for a Gigabit plant on any grade, and beige is what an OM1 panel is expected to be. The sleeves are phosphor bronze, which is the usual multimode sleeve; for single-mode, the FAP-SM-LCU-6DF with its ceramic sleeves is the right plate. Check the LGX slot before you order: 130 by 30 mm is the standard single-width cutout, and this plate is the same footprint as the Corning CCH-CP12-A8 and CCH-CP12-D3, so it fits enclosures built to that pattern; a double-width slot takes two of these or a blank filler beside one. The adapters are vertical, which packs 12 ports into one slot, so the duplex cords stand up and down and the panel's cable management has to clear them. Plug the pigtails into the back before you mount the plate, since there's more room with the plate in your hand, and keep dust caps in any adapter without a cord in it. Keep the A and B fibers of each duplex pair in the right positions on the back so the front polarity comes out as the as-built says. Clean and inspect every connector before it goes into an adapter, and label the plate's ports by fiber number so the tray and the panel agree.

Specifications

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