AZALEA WIRELESS MESH ROUTER MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE May 2007 V2.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Interconnection cable used inside this device is less than 140 feet.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Copyright 2007 Azalea Networks All rights reserved. Printed in China. 2007. Azalea Networks reserves the right to change, modify, revise this publication without notices. Trademarks Copyright 2007 by Azalea Networks, Inc. All right reserved. Azalea, the Azalea logo, and MSR1000/MSR2000/MSR4000 are trademarks of Azalea Networks, Inc. All other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Safety Warnings MSR4000 must be installed by trained professional installation technician. All below warning information must be read before installation. General Safety Warnings You can be killed or injured if performing antenna installation near electrical power lines. Carefully read and follow all instructions in this guide. Please be sure there are no high voltage and electronic field.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE take extreme care not to come into contact with such electrical circuits, as they can cause serious injury or death. Grounding Warning Please always remember to protect your MSR4000 system by installation of grounding lines. The ground connection must be complete before connecting power to the MSR4000 enclosure. The requirement of grounding is to make sure the resistance must be less than 5 ohm between the ground termination point to grounding tier.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE FCC changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. REMINDING This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE INDEX 1 MSR4000 Quick Installation Guide ................................................................................8 1.1 Further Reading.................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Before You Begin ................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Package Contents .........................................................
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 MSR4000 Quick Installation Guide This Quick Installation Guide provides step by step instructions for installing and setting up the MSR4000. Content includes methods to access the MSR4000. For configuration, please refer to manuals in the attached CD ROM. 1.1 Further Reading More detailed configuration instructions can be found in the CD-ROM. 1.2 Before You Begin Open the shipping box and carefully unpack its contents. The packing list is as shown below.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 2 2.1 Abstract Function Introduction MSR 4000 is a multi-functional wireless mesh router, which can be connected with end user equipment directly or other MSR routers and wire networks to set up wireless network. The basic functions are listed below: • Can work as a Wi-Fi AP, can servie end user equipment, such as notebook, PDA and Wi-Fi phone • Can work with other MSR4000 to setup backbone mesh network.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 2.3 Operating Range Operating Temperature Range Storage Temperature Range Non-Condensing Humidity Range Wind Survivability Rating Power input (VAC) AC Power Consumption 2.4 2.5 -40°C ~ +55°C -40°C ~ +80°C 10% ~ 90% 165mph 100/240 (50/60 Hz) 5W (typical) Environmental Rating Ingress Protection (IP) Ratings 66 Shock and Vibration Rating ETSI 300-19-2-4 spec T41.E class 4M3 LED Panel LED Panel Eth0: 2.6 Green. Blinking for data traffic on Eth0. Eth1: Green.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 2.7 White/blue Pin 2 Blue Pin 3 White/brown Pin 6 Brown Pin 8 Ground Pin 9 Console Cable The weather insulated console cable plug and pin mapping are shown in the figure below. The other end of the console cable which connecting to the laptop is a standard DB9 connector. Azalea adopts generally applied Ethernet cable to build the Console Cable.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Connection guide for power cable: Phase（Live Line） – 2nd pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection Neutral（Zero Line） – 3rd pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection Grounding– 1st pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection z Power Plug The other side of power cable is a standard connection according to local regulation 2.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 3 3.1 Installation Preparation Site Survey site surveyis is the key step in wireless network project, which is decisive to the reasonablity of system design and the smooth implementation of deployment. 3.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 3.3 The principle of site survey 1) The principles of site survey of MESH networks are as: Mesh No obstacle in 60% of the 1st fresnel zone. It will secure LOS in most areas and the coverage capability is secured and the number of sites could be saved. 2) If no LOS secured, area in NLOS area could be covered as well, but the distance of coverage and area of coverage are decreased, more sites are needed to provide coverage for same area than LOS scenario.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Spectrum measurement is to get familiar with radio environment in the target coverage area and antennas. The interference could from Wi-Fi APs and other systems. ¾ 3.5 Site investgation: the availabity of power, installation of antenna and MSR4000. Tools D Safety tape, safety cap D Insulation tool D Installation Tool D Measurement Tool D Power Panel D Template of Installation 3.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Antenna Installation 4 4.1 z Principles Height of antenna installation: ¾ The antennas height can be different even for antennas connected to same MSR4000. It would be determined by the space of installation, or by design requirement; ¾ The antenna height for access could be 20 meters in open and flat area of city.
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AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE z Antenna Installation Tools: Spanners size 10 1． The height of antenna must follow the requirement in desgin documentation ( enough isolation should be secured between antennas, vertical isolution is much better than horizental isolation); 2． Put antenna to pole by U-bolt, start from upper U-bolt then down one; 3． Fix antenna on bracket, don’t strengthen the nut too tight because the antenna azimuth will be adjusted.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 4.3 Omni Antenna Installation Tools: Adjustable Spanner Installation material package of omni antenna includes: D Omni antenna: D Installation bracket of omni antenna( 2 sets of fasten nuts included) The procedure of omni antenna installation is: 1． Mount the bracket to pole by one set of nuts, fasten the nuts by Spanner; 2． Mount the omni antenna to the bracket by another set of nuts; 3． Adjust antenna to secure it installed vertically; 4． Fasten the nuts by Spanner.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 5 MSR4000 Installation Mounting Bracket Installation kit D 1 Solar shield M4×16 screw D 4 shield fastening bolts (For hanging unit on mounting bracket D 1 Installation Bracket D 2 pipe holders (mounted on pole) D 4 long bolts for pipe holder D 4 expansion bolts ( mounted on wall) D 2 MSR4000 Fastening bolts 5.1 Install MSR4000 on Mast U type holder Mounting screw Tools: Spanners size 10 and 14. Installation Procedure 1.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE The process of installing MSR4000 on a wall is as: 1． Put the MSR4000 bracket against the wall and mark the 4 position of nut holes; 2． Drilling on the 4 mark positions; 3． Hit expansion bolts into wall; 4． Put MSR4000 bracket on the expansion bolts; 5． Use the 2 MSR fastening bolt to fix MSR onto the bracket 6． Use shield fastening bolts to install the solar shield onto MSR4000 5.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 6 Lightning Protection Installation The lightning protector is to protect MSR4000 to avoid damage by burst high current from lightning. Lightning protector should be installed between radio port and antenna feeder, and the lightning protector should be connected with lightning system of the building . Tools needed: Paper knife, Pliers, Crimping Pliers, Cross Screwdriver, and Spanners.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 7 Feeder Installation Feeder is used to connect antenna with MSR4000. Due to the high propagation loss for high frequency waves , the feeder must be as short as possible to get minimum loss of signal strength. If long feeder must to be used, higher diameter feeder is recommended. The typical propagation loss of 100 meters is listed in the table below: Feeder type Cable loss for Cable loss for 5.8GHz 2.4GHz (dB/100m) (dB/dB/100m) 1/2” 12.8 21.4 7D 25.7 42.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 8 Ethernet Cable Installation Ethernet cable connects MSR4000 mesh network to wire network. Ethernet cable is needed, only when MSR4000 used as gateway. The performance of network cable will degrade seriously with length longer than 100 meters. So in MSR nodes planning, it is better to choose access point to wire network within 100 meters. The process of Ethernet cable installation 1． Unscrew the protective cap on the Ethernet enclosure.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 10 Completed Installation Picture of site with completed installation: COPYRIGHT 2007 AZALEA NETWORKS 25
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 Administrating the MSR4000 There are two methods of performing the quick start configuration: using the Quick Setup Wizard provided by MSR series’ Web-based Management Interface (WMI), or using the setup command of the router’s Command Line Interface (CLI). Azalea recommends using the Quick Setup Wizard which is accessible from most modern internet browsers such as Internet Explorer.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE from these other nodes, giving these other nodes an indirect connection to the internet.1 Unlike node 1, node 2 does not serve any client devices but only forwards traffic to and from other nodes. As such, both of its radios are configured in backhaul mode. Such a relay-only node is known as a point node.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11.2 Configuring nodes with the Quick Setup Wizard The basic software requirement for the web-interface is: • • Web Browser： Internet Explorer 5.5 and above with Javascript enabled Optimal Resolution：1024 X 768 and above Accessing the Quick Setup Wizard To access the WMI’s Quick Setup Wizard, input the IP address of that router and the port: 9080 in the address field of your web browser.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Figure 2 Web Management Interface Home Page Using the Quick Setup Wizard To configure a node with the Quick Setup Wizard, answer the questions asked during each step of the wizard. After entering the answers for all the questions at one step, click the “Next” button to go to the next step. The “Back” button could be used to return to the previous step, and clicking the “Finish” button at the end of the wizard completes the configuration.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Figure 4 Configuring the portal node, step 2 Figure 5 Configuring the portal node, step 3 COPYRIGHT 2007 AZALEA NETWORKS 30
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Figure 6 Configuring the portal node, step 4 After the last step of confirming the reboot is performed, the web interface would stop responding for a few seconds while the router reboots itself. Note that since the quick setup changes the IP address of the Ethernet 0 port on the router, you may need to re-open the web interface using the new IP address if you were using Ethernet 0 to connect to the router.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Figure 8 Configuring the point node, step 2 Figure 9 Configuring the point node, step 3 Example Configuration 3: AP node The following figures show how the example AP node can be configured by answering the questions on each screen.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Figure 10 Configuring the AP node, step 1 Figure 11 Configuring the AP node, step 2 Figure 12 Configuring the AP node, step 3 Note: The scope of this document does not cover tuning the mesh network for total coverage. For more detailed configuration instructions, please refer to the respective guides available in the CD-ROM.
AZALEA MSR4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Appendix z MSR4000 basic specifications 802.
