Installation - Motorola 5440AP - Canopy 5.4 GHz AP User Manual Supplement

Canopy 400 Series OFDM AP and SM

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
User Guide
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