Tii 212 User Manual

P/N 92219901 • Rev B• 7/7/2008

Warranty: If this unit fails during the warranty period, contact tii customer service to authorize return. Unit may be returned prepaid.

Model 210/212

Home Networking Protection

Installation Note

Description

Installation

1. The series 210/212 In-Line Coax Lightning Surge
Protectors protect personnel and customer premises
equipment from lightning and power induced surges on
coaxial drop cable.

Designed for HFC of FTTC Broadband Network
Applications.

The series 210/212 is furnished complete and requires no
special tools for installation or maintenance.

The unit may be ordered with an indoor/outdoor enclosure
for installation.

Features

Figure 1

1. This combined installation note provides the description
and installation steps for the tii Series 210/212 In-Line
Coax Lightning Surge Protectors.

The unit is furnished complete with necessary hardware to
complete the installation.

National Electric Code Requirements: the protector
shall be installed per National Electric Code ANSI/NFPA
70, Article 800, Section C, and shall meet all other
applicable local safety codes.

Caution: Risk of shock if not installed in a listed
indoor/outdoor enclosure.

Notice: The product is to be installed in a listed enclosure,

which has been tested for applicable environment.
Cable Requirement: Using the right size cable will

ensure proper operation of the product. The center
conductor of coax cable used with this product should not
be larger than .040 inches (eg.RG59). Suitable adapters
must be used that have center pin conforming to .040
inches requirement (eg. RG6, RG11).

2. Series 210MF
Install a female to female F-Type connector for each coax

cable to be protected on a suitable grounding panel
(Figure 2-1) as needed or a female to female ground block
in a listed indoor/outdoor enclosure.

Attach coax protector male side to “F-Type” panel
mounted connector (Figure 2-2) ground block.

Attach drop antenna cable (Figure 2-3) to “Service” side of
the panel mounted connector/ground block.

Dress and secure cables so that incoming
service/antenna and customer/equipment cables do not
cross each other. Bundling of the cables should be
avoided.

Series 212F
Mount protector to an appropriate ground block using

supplied hardware (Figure 3-1).
Attach drop cable to “SERVICE” side of the protector as

shown in Figure 3-1.

Attach customer cable to “CUSTOMER” side of the

protector as shown in Figure 3-1.

Strip and insert a #12 (minimum) ground wire into the hole

Figure 3-2

Figure 3

SERVICE

ANTENNAE

CUSTOMER

EQUIPMENT

GROUND

CONNECTION

Figure 3-1

provided on the surge protector (Figure 3-1). Turn screw
until wire is compressed and tight connection is made.

Series 210FF
Mount protector to an appropriate ground block using

supplied hardware (Figure 2-2).

Attach drop cable to “SERVICE” side of the protector as

shown in Figure 3-2.

Attach customer cable to “CUSTOMER” side of the

protector as shown in Figure 3-2.
Strip and insert a #12 (minimum) ground wire into the hole

provided in the ground block. Turn screw until wire is
compressed and tight connection is made.

Figure 2