User's Manual

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Main Features ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Booster Interfaces ................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Architecture ............................................................................................................ 3
1.4 Smart-ALC Function ................................................................................................ 4
1.5 Power Feeder and Battery Charger .......................................................................... 4
2 BOOSTER PRE-INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES ............................... 5
2.1 Donor Antenna Considerations ............................................................................... 5
2.1.1 Required Antenna Information ........................................................................... 5
2.1.2 Donor Antenna specifications ............................................................................ 5
2.1.3 Installation Criteria ............................................................................................ 5
2.2 Service Antenna Considerations ............................................................................. 6
2.2.1 Required Information......................................................................................... 6
2.2.2 Indoor Installations ............................................................................................ 6
2.2.3 Outdoor Installations ......................................................................................... 7
2.3 Required BTS Information ....................................................................................... 8
2.4 Selecting the Booster Location................................................................................ 9
2.4.1 Installation Location Criteria and Environment .................................................... 9
2.4.2 Verifying the Link between the BTS and the Signal Booster ................................ 10
2.5 RF Cable Installation Guidelines ............................................................................ 10
3 BOOSTER MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION ................................................................. 11
3.1 Booster Installation Overview ................................................................................ 11
3.2 Unpacking and Package Contents ......................................................................... 12
3.3 Mounting the System ............................................................................................ 13
3.3.1 Rack Mount Installation .................................................................................... 13
3.3.2 Wallmount Installation ...................................................................................... 14
3.4 Connections ......................................................................................................... 21
3.4.1 Booster Grounding ........................................................................................... 21
3.4.2 Antenna Connections ....................................................................................... 22
3.4.3 Booster Dry-Contact Alarm Connections ........................................................... 22
3.4.4 Connecting Power and Power-Up ..................................................................... 25
3.4.5 Power Connection to UPS ................................................................................ 25
3.4.6 Power Connection to Battery Charger ............................................................... 26
3.4.7 Power-on ........................................................................................................ 26
3.4.8 Operation with and without Battery Charger ....................................................... 26
4 SETUP AND COMMISSIONING ..................................................................................... 27
4.1 Overview of the Commissioning Procedure ........................................................... 27
4.2 Opening a Session to the Booster and Navigating the GUI ..................................... 28
4.2.1 Open a First Time Local Web Session to the Booster ......................................... 28
4.2.2 Navigating the Web GUI Application ................................................................. 29
4.3 RF Parameters and Filter Configuration ................................................................. 32
4.4 Date and Time Settings ......................................................................................... 36
4.5 External Alarms Configuration .............................................................................. 37
4.6 IP Address and SNMP Notifications ....................................................................... 38
4.6.1 Configuring the IP Address ............................................................................... 39
4.6.2 SNMP Trap Configuration ................................................................................ 40