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