User`s manual

CLARION M10 SERIES STRUCTURE
M10 SERIES USER’S MANUAL PAGE 14
2.3.9 ANTENNA POINTING
It is important to properly point external directional antennas at the
time of installation. We suggest that the user employ the Traffic
program (included in the Software Utility Kit Diskette) to assist in
the installation of directional antennas.
We suggest that the installer follow these steps as part the external
directional antenna set-up process:
1. Connect a laptop computer to the MAU port of the M10. An
active IPX/SPX stack is required on the computer.
2. Install the Traffic Program (from Utility Software Kit
Diskette).
3. Point both directional antennas in the general direction of
each other.
4. Initiate network data traffic between the 2 sites.
5. Alternatively at both antenna sites, dither the pointing of the
directional antennas until maximums in network traffic
throughput are observed.
6. As a final step, find the angular range (both horizontally and
vertically) over which the maximum traffic throughput can be
maintained for the first antenna. Once this angular range is
obtained, lock the position of the first antenna in the center of
this range. Then repeat this process at the other antenna site,
and lock that antenna in position.
2.3.10 RANGE OF OPERATION
Using the internal antenna (models JX4000F-A and JX4000W-A
only) the operating range is 100-200 meters of coverage. The range
of operation will decrease if the M10 is positioned behind large
metal objects, such as file cabinets, safes, storage cabinets, metal
walls or walls containing foil-backed insulation.
The outdoor operating range with high gain antennas in line-of-sight
operation is up to 5 miles. With special amplifiers purchased from
HyperLink (see section 8. Customer Assistance for contact
information) the user may reach up to 20 miles in line-of-sight
operation.