User's Manual

ADCP-75-210 • Issue 1 • November 2006

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• Glitch Batteries: provide backup protection for up to five minutes. These are small,

motorcycle type batteries connected in a series configuration.

1.13 Antenna

ADC provides a pole-mount antenna kit for use when the RAN is mounted on a wooden utility

pole. The kit must be separately ordered from the RAN. Pole mounting is the most common

type of RAN installation.

The antenna offered interfaces with the PCS and Cellular/SMR bands and supports two branch

diversity receive paths. Also included in the kit is the GPS antenna used by the RAN.

The RAN may also be mounted outdoors on a concrete pad. This type of installation may use a

conventional directional antenna in either a sector or quasi-omni antenna configuration,

depending on the coverage objective and design. Proper antenna selection and the mounting

installation are the responsibility of the design engineer.

Antenna installation is covered in separate publications, available for downloading from the

ADC web site, www.adc.com. Refer to RELATED PUBLICATIONS on Page vii.

2 STANDARD INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

This section provides the standard procedures for a typical installation. The RAN may be

installed either on a wooden pole or on a concrete pad.

This section is organized as follows:

• Sections 2-1 through 2-4 provide information that is relevant before installing the cabinet.

These subsections contain an installation overview, unpacking instructions, a list of

required material and tools, and site preparation guidelines.

• Section 2-5 tells how to install a cabinet on a wooden utility pole. Included are instructions

for installing the pole mount bracket and then installing the cabinet on the bracket. Also

included are instructions for installing the rain shields.

• Section 2-6 tells how to install the RAN on a concrete pad. Included are instructions for

pouring the concrete pad, mounting the RAN on the pad, and installing the pedestal

enclosure.

• Section 2-7 contains other standard procedures typically done at every installation. These

procedures describe how to install the solar shield, grounding wire, RF cables, fiber optic

cable, AC power, and backup batteries.

Installation of the RAN cabinet may proceed separately from the installation of the

corresponding Hub equipment. When the installation of the RAN is completed, refer to the

Note: Section 3 contains instructions for installing a second RAN at the same location.

Section 4 provides information on non-standard installation procedures such as installing

an electronic module.