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GuardianManual001‐5006‐000Rev0 26|Page
3 SETUPAND CONFIGURATION
ItiseasytosetupaGuardiannetworktoverifybasicunitoperationandexperimentwithnetworkdesignsand
configurations.
3.1 INSTALLTHEANTENNA
AnRX/TXantennaisrequiredforbasicoperation.Fordemounitsonly,connecttheantennaasshowninFigure3.1
toprovidestableradiocommunicationsbetweendemodevices.
Figure3.1‐DemoAntennaAssembly
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Note:
Itisimportanttouseattenuationbetweenalldemounitsinthetestnetworktoreducetheamountofsignal
strengthinthetestenvironment.
3.2 MEASUREANDCONNECTPRIMARYPOWER
PrimarypowerfortheGuardianmustbewithin10‐30VDCandbecapableofprovidingaminimumof10watt
supplyforTx@1W,40wattsupplyforTx@5W,or60wattsupplyforTx@10W.(InGuardianDemoKits,a
powerconnectorwithscrew
‐terminalsisprovidedwitheachunit.)Observeproperpolaritywhenconnectingthe
cablestothePowerSupply.(Whitewiremustbeconnectedtoredwire.)
3.3 CONNECTGUARDIANTOPROGRAMMINGPC
ConnectiontoaGuardianisestablishedthroughanRS‐232cableconnectedtothesetupportoftheGuardianand
theCOMportofthePC
3.4 GUARDIANFIELDPROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE
OperatingcharacteristicsoftheGuardianareconfiguredbytheFieldProgrammingSoftware.OfflineDiagnostics
andOnlineDiagnosticsgiveaccesstoOfflineDiagnosticsandcommands(localandremote)andonlinediagnostics
monitoring(withorwithoutaT‐Base/R).ProgrammingsoftwareisWindows®basedandrequiresaWindows95or
betteroperatingsystem.
Contextsensitivehelpandprintablehelpfilesareprovidedwiththisprogram.
TheGUARDIANrequirestheuseoftheFieldProgrammingSoftwareforconfiguration,adjustmentand
diagnostics.
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20 dB, 5 watt max, attenuator