User's Manual

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Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 1
6.2.2 CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP ....................................................................................................... 32
6.2.3 CONFIGURING RADIO BAND AND FREQUENCY CHANNELS .......................................................... 33
6.2.4 CONFIGURING IP ADDRESS VALUES ......................................................................................... 35
6.2.5 USER ACCOUNTS ..................................................................................................................... 36
6.2.6 CHANGING THE SUPER USER NAME AND PASSWORD ................................................................ 36
6.2.7 ADDING OR CHANGING NOC USER ACCOUNTS ........................................................................... 37
6.2.8 ADDING OR CHANGING ADMIN USER ACCOUNTS ....................................................................... 39
6.2.9 CHANGING NOC AND ADMIN USER PASSWORDS ....................................................................... 41
6.2.10 LOGGING OUT ......................................................................................................................... 41
6.2.11 SESSION TIME OUT .................................................................................................................. 41
6.2.12 RECOVERY OF IP ADDRESS AND SERIAL NUMBERS ................................................................... 41
6.3 USING THE WEB INTERFACE .............................................................................................................. 41
7.0 ANTENNA MOUNTING AND TOWER SPECIFICATIONS................................................. 42
7.1 POLARIZATION .................................................................................................................................. 43
7.1.1 POINT-TO-POINT LICENSED RADIO BANDS ................................................................................. 43
7.1.2 LMDS AND UNLICENSED RADIO BANDS (UL24) ........................................................................ 44
7.2 POLE AND TOWER SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 45
8.0 GROUNDING, POWER AND LIGHTNING ARRESTORS ................................................. 46
8.1 POWER ON ETHERNET (PONE).......................................................................................................... 47
9.0 LOCATING HORIZON COMPACT PLUS SYSTEMS ....................................................... 50
9.1 NEAR FIELD EFFECTS ....................................................................................................................... 50
9.2 CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) ............................................................................................................. 52
10.0 PREPARING FOR ALIGNMENT ................................................................................. 54
10.1 RECEIVED SIGNAL LEVEL (RSL) MEASUREMENTS ......................................................................... 54
10.2 IMPORTANT FACTORS ................................................................................................................... 56
10.2.1 ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS .............................................................................................. 56
10.2.2 CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT .............................................................................................................. 58
10.2.3 SENSITIVITY OF THE ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENT .......................................................................... 58
11.0 ALIGNING THE ANTENNAS...................................................................................... 60
11.1 VISUAL ALIGNMENT OF THE ANTENNAS.......................................................................................... 60
11.2 RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ALIGNMENT OF THE ANTENNAS ............................................................... 62
11.3 SIGNS OF A HEALTHY LINK ............................................................................................................ 64
12.0 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION FEATURES ................................................................. 66
13.0 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 68
13.1 ALARMS LIST ............................................................................................................................... 68
14.0 CONFIGURATION BACKUP AND RESTORE ................................................................ 70
14.1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION BACKUP ................................................................................................ 70
14.2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION RESTORE .............................................................................................. 70
14.3 USER ACCOUNTS BACKUP ............................................................................................................ 71
14.4 USER ACCOUNTS RESTORE .......................................................................................................... 71