User's Manual Part 3

ION
®
-E Series Hardware Installation Guide M0201AA
Page 116 © June 2017 CommScope, Inc.
Installing CAP Ls
Cable a CAP L with a Copper Interface and Power over Ethernet
Figure7-15identifiestheconnectorsonaCAPLwithanOpticalFiberInterface;correspondingcablesand
connectorsareshown.
Figure 7-15. Connectors on a CAP L with a Copper Interface
1 ConnecttheCAPLANT1and/orANT2connectortoapassiveRFantenna.
a Obtain50ΩcoaxialcablesthatareofsufficientlengthtoreachfromtheCAPLtothepassiveantenna.
Theendofthe50
ΩcoaxialcablethatwillconnecttotheANTconnectorcanbeeitherapush-pull
connectororathreadedconnector.
b Installthepassiveantennasaccordingtothemanufacturer’sinstallationinstructions.Ifconnecting
bothANTconnectors,youwillconnecttheCAP
Ltoeithertwoseparateexternalpassiveantennasor
totwoportsonacross-polarizeddualantenna.EachconnectorsupportstwoRFbands(see
Table7-2
onpage77).
c Is there a dust cap on ANT 1/2 that needs to be removed?
d Connectthepassivemulti-bandantennatotheANT1orANT2connectorusingcoaxialcablewiththe
leastamountoflosspossible.
• Ifthe50Ωcoaxialcablehasapush-pullconnector,makesurethecableisseatedfirmlyintheANT
1orANT2connector.
• Ifthe50Ωcoaxialcablehasathreadedconnector,torquetheconnector5N-m(3.69ft-lb).Donot
over-tightentheconnector.
e Connecttheotherendofthe50ΩcoaxialcabletothepassiveantennainstalledinStepbonpage116.
2 Ifnecessary,repeatStep1onpage116toconnecta50ΩcoaxialcabletotheotherANTconnector.
ANT
1
ANT
2
Vdc
Power
connector
Opcal
Port
2
Opcal
Port
1
Auxiliary
port