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title: "Removing / Replacing a Fusion Surface Module"
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updated: 2024-12-13T10:36:12Z
published: 2024-12-13T10:36:12Z
canonical: "docs.telosalliance.com/removing-replacing-a-fusion-surface-module"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.telosalliance.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Removing / Replacing a Fusion Surface Module

## Scope

This article describes how to remove or replace a Fusion console module. This can also be applied to Element as the hardware is very similar.

## Step 1: Remove Retaining Screws

- Use the 2.5 mm hex wrench to remove the retaining screws at the top of the module requiring service:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/715a94ce-3d49-455f-a951-a29b4eeedcae.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T18%3A04%3A46Z&se=2026-11-07T19%3A04%3A46Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=yzFIhImDn57zYGJWPCFIJbg7PKNHWmfxI%2BYUG2K6K38%3D)

## Step 2: Dismount the Module

- Lift the module at the top, tilting it upward, and pull the locating tab at the bottom of the module from the mounting channel.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/1fd36826-444e-4e36-b4a5-5138a6e6714f.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T18%3A04%3A46Z&se=2026-11-07T19%3A04%3A46Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=yzFIhImDn57zYGJWPCFIJbg7PKNHWmfxI%2BYUG2K6K38%3D)

## Step 3: Disconnect Cabling

- Locate and disconnect the RJ45 patch cable(s) (-**1**- ) that connects the module to the Fusion's Interface board.
- Locate the ribbon cable that connects the module to its overbridge display (if present). Gently press the “ears” on each side of the board connector (-**2**-) to release the cable.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/212fb29c-e712-42bc-9aa6-bf3ad02e15f7.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T18%3A04%3A46Z&se=2026-11-07T19%3A04%3A46Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=yzFIhImDn57zYGJWPCFIJbg7PKNHWmfxI%2BYUG2K6K38%3D)

- Make note of the position of the CANBUS ID switch (-**3**-)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/4c97ac64-591d-425c-a278-dd1d6fbaa8e7.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T18%3A04%3A46Z&se=2026-11-07T19%3A04%3A46Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=yzFIhImDn57zYGJWPCFIJbg7PKNHWmfxI%2BYUG2K6K38%3D)

> [!WARNING]
> **NOTE:** Position F is reserved for a hardware Test Mode. Position 0 is reserved for the Master Module for the console. For more info about CANBUS IDs, [click here](/v1/docs/element-and-fusion-module-id-information).

## Replace the module

- The module is replaced by performing the above steps in reverse.
- Be sure to set the CANBUS ID of the replacement module to the same value the old one had.

## Overbridge Module Removal

This procedure can be found [in this technote here](/v1/docs/removing-replacing-a-fusion-overbridge-module).

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