User's Manual

Exalt Communications, Inc.
EX-5r Installation & Management
5000007 7
2006-05-17
• Registration card
• Quick-start guide
Inspect the outer packaging and the contents of the boxes upon receipt. If you suspect any
shipping damage or issues with the contents, Exalt Customer Care should be contacted to address
any issues as soon as possible.
Register your system as soon as possible. A 2-year Warranty period applies
to properly registered products. The Warranty period is reduced to 1-year
for unregistered products.
2.2 Back-to-Back Bench Test and Configuration
Every Exalt digital microwave radio goes through extensive quality testing and performance
evaluation over full temperature range prior to shipment. However, before installation, it is
strongly advised to perform several tests and tasks that can be much more difficult to perform
once the radio link endpoints are distant from one another. A back-to-back bench test and pre-
configuration will provide confidence that the radio link is operational and configured properly
prior to installation, so that if troubleshooting is necessary, the radio hardware and configuration
settings are eliminated from the troubleshooting process.
• Confirm that the radio system is generally operational
o Radios power-up with planned power and wiring solutions
o RF link can connect in both directions
o Traffic can be passed across the link
• Configure connected equipment and cabling
o Test Ethernet (CAT5) cabling, and/or T1/E1 cabling, any auxiliary connector
cabling and configure all interfaces
o Configure IP settings for configuration and management
o Configure passwords and security modes
o Become familiar with the configuration and management interfaces through the
browser-based GUI interface.
• Configure radio parameters
o Set transmitter output power to engineered or allowed level (see section 2.3)
o Set operating center frequency
o Set link distance, occupied channel bandwidth and frame length
• Make detailed radio performance measurements
o Measure transmitter output power
o Measure receiver threshold performance
o Confirm unfaded error-free performance
Some of the above tasks may not be possible or practical within a bench test environment, due to
the nature of the remote connectivity of peripheral equipment. However, it is a good practice to
perform as much as possible in this environment to minimize field/installation time and
troubleshooting efforts.