User's Manual

INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR RX-7W22
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1 GENERAL INFORMATION
The CriticalPoint Antenna Monitoring System consists of the Main Control Unit (MCU) and monitoring tags
which are easily installed on the service antennas. The system utilizes RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
technology, that is incorporated into the DAS (Distributed Antenna System), to monitor the link status of the
entire passive network. It can report the status of any individual antenna link in real time via an easy to use GUI
and transmit the overall alarm information through Form C dry contacts. This system will satisfy AHJ
requirements for monitoring service antennas as part of the overall System Component Failure alarming
requirements. The system can also enormously increase the efficiency and accuracy of monitoring a passive
antenna system, as well as troubleshooting of the passive network.
Main Features
• Monitor In-building status in real time for all passive components, antenna coax, and service antennas
• Report overall status through dry contact alarming, login to identify alarms from individual antenna paths
• Supports up to 20dB cable loss from Main Control Unit (MCU) to Antenna
• Supports up to 50 antennas
• Supports Monitoring UHF/T band, 700/800MHz systems
• Monitor VHF system via external combining
• Supports Form C dry contact alarms
• MCU is housed in a NEMA 4 enclosure
• Low Power Consumption
System Block Diagram
Figure 1: CriticalPoint Antenna Monitoring Solution System Block Diagram