User's Manual Part 1

Installing Fusion Wideband
Page 112 InterReach Fusion Wideband Installation, Operation, and Reference Manual
© 2013 TE Connectivity Ltd D-620616-0-20 Rev H • TECP-77-044 Issue 7 • May 2013
Circulator or Duplexer Installed between the repeater and the Hub uplink and downlink ports
Base Station-to-Fusion Wideband Configuration (for each Fusion Wideband Band)
Base Station Installed, inspected; verify RF power (see tables in “Maximum Output
Power per Carrier” on page 65); N-male to N-male coaxial cable
Attenuator Attenuation may be required to achieve the desired RF output at the
RAU, and the desired uplink noise floor level
Circulator or Duplexer When using a duplex BTS: Installed between the BTS and the Hub uplink
and downlink ports. Not used with a simplex BTS
Connecting Multiple Fusion Wideband Main Hubs Together
5-port Alarm Daisy-Chain Cable 
(PN 4024-3)
For contact alarm monitoring of fault and warning alarms. Used to feed
the alarms from multiple Fusion Wideband Main Hubs into a BTS or
FlexWave Focus. N.C. Operation.
Cabling
Coaxial: repeater, base station, Smart Source
to Fusion Wideband Main Hub
Coax approved; N-type male connectors.
Coaxial: RAU to passive 
antennas
Use low-loss cable; N male connector; typical 1 m (3.3 ft) using RG142
coaxial cable.
Fiber: Main Hub to Expansion Hubs SC/APC (angle-polished) male connectors for entire fiber run (can use
SC/APC pigtails, PN 4012SCAPC-10 for MMF or 4013SCAPC-10 for
SMF);
Use jumper fiber cables for collocated Main and Expansion Hubs (3
m/10 ft.):
Multi-mode: PN 4017SCAPC-10
Single-mode: PN 4018SCAPC-10
Distance limited by optical loss of 3 dB
Multi-mode up to 500 m (1640 ft.)
Single-mode up to 6 km (19,685 ft.)
CATV TIA-570-B approved; centerpin F male connectors. CATV connectors
must be connected to the shield at both ends. The RAU will be damaged
if it is mis-wired.
Tie-off cables to avoid damaging the connectors because of cable
strain.
Fusion Wideband Expansion Hub to RAUs • Minimum: 0 meters (0 ft)
• Maximum: RG-59: 150 meters (492 ft)
RG-6: 170 meters (557 ft)
RG-11: 275 meters (902 ft)
For cable requirements, see
“Appendix A: Cables and Connectors” on
page 191.
Configuring the System
PC/laptop running 
standard browser software
Refer to the AdminBrowser User Manual (PN D-620607-0-20)
Miscellaneous
Cross-over Ethernet cable Male connectors; Fusion Wideband Main Hub to a PC/laptop running a
standard browser to the Fusion Wideband AdminBrowser software;
local connection or LAN switch connector for remote connections.
Straight-through cable Female/male connectors; Fusion Wideband Main Hub to a modem for a
remote connection.
Table84. InstallationChecklist(Cont.)
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Installation Requirement Consideration