User's Manual
7-10 InterReach Unison Installation, Operation, and Reference Manual PN 8700-10
620003-0 Rev. B
7.4 Unison Component Installation Procedures
The following procedures assume that the system is new from the factory and that it
has not been programmed with a band.
If you are replacing components in a pre-installed system with either new units or
units that may already be programmed (i.e., re-using units from another system), refer
to Section 8.
• Installing a Main Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
• Installing a Main Hub in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
• Installing an Optional Cable Manager in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
• Connecting the AdminManager PC to the Main Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
• Programming a Frequency Band into the Main Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
• Connecting the Fiber Cables to the Main Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
• Troubleshooting Main Hub LEDs During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
• Installing Expansion Hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
• Installing an Expansion Hub in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
• Installing an Expansion Hub in a Wall-Mounted Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
• Installing an Optional Cable Manager in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
• Powering On the Expansion Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
• Connecting the Fiber Cables to the Expansion Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
• Connecting the ScTP Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
• Troubleshooting Expansion Hub LEDs During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
• Installing RAUs and Passive Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
• Installing RAUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
• Attaching the Optional RAU Dust Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
• Installing Passive Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
• Connecting the Antenna to the RAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
• Connecting the ScTP Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
• Troubleshooting RAU LEDs During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
• Configuring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
• Configuring the Installed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
The following procedure is for splicing pigtails to fiber cable.
• Splicing Fiber Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
• Fusion Splicing of Fiber and Pigtail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31