User's Manual

2 MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. B
For installation and setup instructions for these products, please refer to
GE MDS publication 05-6301A01.
1.1 Product Models
The Mercury transceiver is available in several different product
models:
• The indoor Base Station (BS) acts as the center of each
point-to-multipoint network. It has two RJ-45 Ethernet ports
and a DB-9 RS-232 serial port for data connections.
• The indoor Subscriber Unit (SU) acts as one of the multipoints
in the network. It also has two RJ-45 Ethernet ports and a DB-9
RS-232 serial port for data connections.
• The Outdoor Subscriber Unit (ODU) is a weatherproof ver-
sion of the standard Subscriber Unit. The ODU has one RJ-45
Ethernet port and a DB-9 serial port for data connections.
Invisible place holder
Figure 2. Outdoor Subscriber Unit (ODU)
(Back of unit, showing interface connectors)
The key features and options for the various models are listed in Table 1
below.
Table 1. Mercury Models and Interfaces
Interfaces Base Station Indoor Subscriber Outdoor Subscriber
Ethernet
ports
2 RJ-45 Ethernet
with built-in Layer 2
switch
2 RJ-45 Ethernet with built-in
Layer 2 switch
1 RJ-45 Ethernet. May be
ordered as Power over Ethernet
or AC model
Serial
port
1 DB-9 RS-232 1 DB-9 RS-232 1 DB-9 RS-232
USB 1 USB host port
1 USB device port
1 USB host port
1 USB device port
1 USB host port
WiMAX Dual TNC for MIMO
(1800 and 3650
models)
Dual SMA for MIMO
(5800 model)
Dual TNC for MIMO
(1800 and 3650 models)
Dual SMA for MIMO (5800
model)
Internal RF connections
GPS Internal receiver
with SMA connector
Optional internal receiver with
SMA connector
None