What is a BOP?
At a glance
A lineside box or cabinet where copper cables are terminated and pairs are broken out to local users (phones, signalling, equipment).
Why: It gives a protected, labelled point along the route to connect local circuits to the main copper cable.
Where: At points along the copper route where local circuits are needed. Mounted on a concrete base, post or wall depending on the site.
Where the rules are
- NR/PS/TEL/30107 cl 4definitions — backmount, BOP, cabinet
- NR/PS/TEL/30107 cl 9.2BOP post mounting
- NR/PS/TEL/30107 cl 9.3BOP wall mounting kit
- NR/GN/TEL/30140 cl 4.12installing distribution cabinets and pole-mounted boxes
- NR/GN/TEL/30139 cl 6.8concrete bases for cabinets and BOPs
What to order
- 10-Way Backmount Frame · Netceed · 771392
- 30-Way Backmount Frame · Netceed · 771398
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On the drawing
Shown on the copper SLD at its position with its ID.
Also called: break out point, distribution cabinet, lineside cabinet, pole mounted box
Guidance in our words. Read the current issue of each standard before you design to it.