User's Manual

CHAPTER2
STARTINGOUT
Revised: 27 Jun 16 2-1 ESTeem Horizon Series
OVERVIEW
TherearethreemainphasestopreparetheESTeemHo ri z onforoperationinawirelessnetwork:
Phase1‐DeterminethecorrectmodeofoperationfortheHorizoninthewirelessnetwork .TheESTeemHorizonisa
sophisticatednetworkingdevice thatcanbeconfiguredformultiplemodesofoperation.Determiningthecorrectmodeof
operat
ionfortheESTeemHorizonisthefi rs t step.Chapter3ofthisUser’sManualdetailsthemodesofoperationand
applicationswhereeachwouldbeused.
Phase2‐ProgramtheESTeemforoperationinthewirelessnetwork.OncethecorrectmodeofoperationfortheESTeemhas
beendetermin
ed,theHorizoncanbeprogrammedforthewirelessnetwork.TosimplifytheprogrammingoftheHorizon,
ESTeemhascreatedanewsoftwareutilitycalledtheESTe em NetworkConfiguration(ENC)Utilitywhichisusedtographically
configuretheprimary andbackupcommunicationroutesbetweenradiomodems inthenetwork.TheENCUti
litycanbe
installedfromtheESTeemResourceDiskorfromtheESTeemwebsite(www.esteem.com).Chapter4(Utilities andFeatures)of
thisUser’s Manualwillguideyouintheinstallationofthesoftw areandgiveabriefoverviewofoperationoftheENCUtility,but
adetailedUs
er’sGuideisavailablebothontheESTeemResourceDiskandintheHelpsectionofthepr ogramitself.
TheESTeem HorizoncanalsobeprogrammedthroughtheinternalWebinterface(discussedindetailinChapter5)ifyoudonot
haveaccesstotheENCUtility.
Phase3‐InstalltheESTeemh
ardwareandtestcommunication.AftertheESTeemHorizonprogramming,installthehardware
ineachremotelocation.Chapter8ofthisUser’sManualdescribestheantennaspecifications,mountingoptionsandthe
configurationofthepolemountinghardwarefortheESTeem.Forinstructionsontestingandtroubleshootingthewirelesslink,
refe
rtoAppendixF(Troubleshooting).
HORIZONHARDWARELAYOUT
Tobegintheconfiguration,unpacktheESTeemHorizonshippingboxesandlocatetheitemsbelowforinitialconfiguration.Take
afewminutestoinventoryyourequipmentbeforeyouproceed.ReportanymissingordamageditemstoCustomerSupport
(5097359092 )assoonaspossible.EachnodeinyourESTeemHorizon’snetworkmayha
vedifferenthardwarecomponents
baseduponthefinalinstallationlocation(i.e.Outdoor,Indoor,PointtopointorMutiPoint).Antennatypes,cablelengths,
powersuppliesmaybedifferent,butthefollowi ngitemswil l berequiredforbasicsetup:
HorizonRadio
AA109ResourceDisk

Ante
nna
(AA01SDisplayed)

(2)EthernetCables

PowerSupply
(AA175.2Displayed)
SerialInterfaceCable
(AA6021.1)
Note:Youraccessorymodelnumbersmayvaryfromtheabove,butyouwillneedtolocateeachofaboveitemstocontinue
configuration.
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