Deployment Guide

1.2 Hardware
The 7signal Sapphire Eye is a wireless probe or a monitoring station that is installed in a central position
within the WLAN network. Currently there are five different hardware variants: the Standard Eye supporting
802.11a/b/g standards, Standard Eye supporting 802.11a/b/g/n standards, Indoor Eye supporting
802.11a/b/g/n standards and Gigabit Indoor Eyes supporting 802.11a/b/g/n/ac standards.
1.2.1 802.11a/b/g/n Indoor Eye (Sapphire Eye 2000)
802.11a/b/g/n version of the Eye has the following main features (partly optional):
Mechanical parts injection molded polycarbonate plastic
Linux computer, 1GB Flash memory
WLAN radio module, 802.11 a/b/g/n support (2.4 GHz, 5.180 GHz - 5.825 GHz)
Expansion card slots inside the unit: One PCI Express for future use
Micro SD card slot inside the unit
Spectrum Analyzer component
6 sectored high gain antennas covering 360 degrees in horizontal directions
RF board with antenna beam selection and low noise amplifiers in the receiver chain
Electronic compass
Reset button
LED indicating status
7signal Solutions Inc., 6155 Rockside Road, Suite 110, Independence, Ohio 44131, USA,
216-777-2900, info@7signal.com, www.7signal.com