User Manual

3 Installing the Base Station
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 Power delivery – The power should be capable of delivering 110V 3KVA. In
addition, place an appropriate AC power line protector, conditioner, and/or surge
suppressor across the AC supply line.
 Grounding – Good 8AWG wire grounding should be connected from an external
GND source to the BSR.
 BSR Cable connection – For proper base station operation, a low loss cable
should be used between the BSR antenna ports and the antennas. The cable’s
desired loss should be below 2.5 dB. The typical cables are LMR900 or 7/8 Heliax.
 Antenna installation – The base station antennas should be installed and correctly
directed, before full Base Station operation.
 Technician’s laptop and cables – The installing technician should come with a
laptop that has a 10/100 BaseT connection. It is also strongly recommended that the
laptop have a serial port. Use of USB to serial converters is not recommended. The
laptop LAN connection Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties should be set to IP
address: 10.10.10.x, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0.
In addition, the technician should bring either:
 Straight-Through Ethernet Cable to connect the laptop to a Base Station switch.
 Crossover Ethernet Cable to connect the laptop directly to the WMTS.
 Tools and Utilities – Two disks are included in the package. The technician should
copy the one called tools&utilities to the laptop.
 Backbone connection – A switch or router with at least two (recommended: three)
available 100 BaseT ports is required to connect the Base Station to the backbone
network. The ports’ designations are as follows:
 One port for Arcadian Networks management traffic.
 One port for data traffic.
 An additional available port is recommended for a technician’s local maintenance
connection.
If traffic prioritization is required, it is recommended that the data traffic interface be
configured to prioritize ToS marked traffic.
 Backbone connection cables – Two Straight-Through Ethernet Cables are
required to connect the Base Station to the backbone.
Antenna and Tower Recommendations
Your preliminary engineering workgroup should establish your antenna and tower
requirements. Construction of sturdy, high quality antenna/tower systems will pay off in
terms of coverage of your service area, the overall quality of your radiated signal, and
reduced maintenance expenses. Transmitting antennas can enhance or seriously
impair the transmitter output.