Motorola 5440AP User Manual - Page 26

Canopy 400 Series OFDM AP and SM User Guide 5 Installation 5.1 INSTALLING AN AP WARNING! Installing an AP usually involves height and electricity and exposure to RF (Radio Frequency) energy. To avoid personal injury, know and follow applicable national and local safety regulations and industry best practices, and follow the specific guidelines in this document, including Exposure Separation Distances in section 6.3 on page 36. This section addresses installation aspects specific to the Canopy 400 Series AP. General communications equipment, infrastructure, and facilities site design should be performed in line with Motorola's "Standards and Guidelines for Communications Sites" (also known as the R56 manual), available from http://www.motorola-wls.com/Dynamic/Course_Description.asp?number=ANT001-CD&CourseKe y=125 The AP ships either as a kit consisting of a connectorized antenna and a connectorized radio, or just the connectorized radio, with the antenna provided by the operator. These instructions focus on the former case, but are also generally applicable to the latter case where the antenna is purchased separately by the operator. A short coaxial cable from the radio terminates in a male N connector. The antenna has a chassis-mounted female N connector. The antenna includes tower mount brackets with adjustable down-tilt. Installing an AP typically consists of 4 phases: 1. Configuring the AP in a depot or at the job site using the information and decisions from section 3, Planning, and section 4 Configuring 2. Assembling the AP (radio and antenna and brackets) and physically installing it using Procedure 2, along with physically installing a CMMmicro or CMM4 and backhauls, if any. 3. Cabling the AP to the CMMmicro or CMM4, and grounding it to Protective Earth - PE using Procedure 3. This phase can also include cabling to backhauls, or running terrestrial feeds. 4. Confirming operation, using SMs on the ground. Local practices and choices of installation options will dictate the actual processes used. For example, installing on a building requires somewhat different procedures.. Also, operators may use their own procedures to attach one or more APs to a pipe mount while on the ground, and then lift the assembled unit up a tower for final attachment. These generalized procedures will not be applicable in every case, but should give good insight into the steps necessary. Version 1, April 2008 Page 26 of 40