User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- SECTION 1 General Information
- SECTION 2 InterReach Unison System Description
- SECTION 3 Unison Main Hub
- SECTION 4 Unison Expansion Hub
- SECTION 5 Unison Remote Access Unit
- SECTION 6 Designing a Unison Solution
- SECTION 7 Installing Unison
- 7.1 Installation Requirements
- 7.2 Safety Precautions
- 7.3 Preparing for System Installation
- 7.4 Unison Component Installation Procedures
- 7.5 Splicing Fiber Optic Cable
- 7.6 Interfacing a Main Hub to a Base Station or a Roof-top Antenna
- 7.7 Connecting Contact Alarms to a Unison System
- 7.8 Alarm Monitoring Connectivity Options
- SECTION 8 Replacing Unison Components
- SECTION 9 Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Technical Assistance
- APPENDIX A Cables and Connectors
- APPENDIX B Compliance
- APPENDIX C Changes and New Capabilities
- APPENDIX D Glossary
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List of Figures
Figure 2-1 Unison System Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Figure 2-2 OA&M Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Figure 2-3 Local System Monitoring and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Figure 2-4 Remote System Monitoring and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Figure 2-5 Alarm Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Figure 2-6 Alarm Sense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Figure 2-7 Unison’s Double Star Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Figure 2-8 Downlink (Base Station to Wireless Devices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Figure 2-9 Uplink (Wireless Devices to Base Station) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Figure 3-1 Main Hub in a Unison System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Figure 3-2 Main Hub Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Figure 3-3 Main Hub Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Figure 3-4 Main Hub Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Figure 4-1 Expansion Hub in a Unison System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Figure 4-2 Expansion Hub Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Figure 4-3 Expansion Hub Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Figure 4-4 Expansion Hub Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 5-1 Remote Access Unit in a Unison System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Figure 5-2 Remote Access Unit Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Figure 5-3 Dual-Port Antenna Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Figure 6-1 Determining Path Loss between the Antenna and the Wireless Device 6-12
Figure 6-2 Connecting Main Hubs to a Simplex Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Figure 6-3 Main Hub to Duplex Base Station or Repeater Connections . . . . . . . . 6-38
Figure 6-4 ALC Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Figure 7-1 Mounting Bracket Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Figure 7-2 Mounting Bracket Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Figure 7-3 800 MHz Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Figure 7-4 Guideline for Unison RAU Antenna Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24