User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title page
- Contents
- About this manual
- Safety information
- Ch 1 - Installation summary
- Ch 2 - Prerequisites
- Ch 3 - Indoor equipment
- Ch 4 - Installing IFL cables
- Ch. 5 - Installing mast mounts
- Ch 6 - Installing ODUs
- Ch 7 - Commissioning the RT
- Ch 8 - Final steps
- Ch 9 - Troubleshooting
- Ch 10 - Maintenance
- App A - Acronyms
- App B - Standards compliance
- App C - Terminating the IFL cable
- Index
1027144–0001 Revision D 2–4 Prerequisites
RT installation
Table 2-1 Tools required for RT installation – Cont’d.
(includes tools for IFL installation, antenna pointing, and initial testing)
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Purpose (or other comments)Item
Excelta CX–1–78–1 cable
stripping tool
Manufacturer: Excelta Corp., Buellton, CA
Crimp tool for #2 and #6
AWG ground lugs
Manufacturer: Thomas & Betts, Memphis, TN
HCT–231 crimp tool For terminating N–type connectors
Channel locks
Soft jaw pliers Grip tool with soft surface, for gripping and
turning N–type connectors
Band cutters To remove shipping bands from mast mount
pieces
Carpenter’s knife
Splicer’s knife To terminate cables
Binoculars Suggested, for RT installation, if the HT is too far
to see
Flashlight Primarily for IFL installation
100–foot tape measure
(metric equivalent: 30.5 meters)
For measuring cable runs
Large backpack or
padded bag
To haul ODU transceiver and antenna to the roof
Digital voltmeter
For pointing and testing
dc voltage measurement accuracy: 0.3%
Test cable terminated with
F–connector and alligator
clips
Used to connect voltmeter to ODU for antenna
pointing
Test set(s)
(DS1, DS3, or both)
For commissioning tests. Test set type(s) needed
depends on services the RT supports (DS1, DS3,
or both).