User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Before You Begin
- CCU/Repeater Basics
- Planning a CCU/Repeater Installation
- Installing the Collector or Repeater
- Installation Overview
- Attaching the Local GPS/WAN Antennas
- Attaching the Direct Mount Standard (5.15 dBi) 900 MHz Antenna
- Attaching the Collector or Repeater
- Connecting Cables
- Installing a Local 4G WAN Antenna
- Installing the Battery
- Providing Power
- CCU Installation Wiring Diagram
- Tower Installation
- Solar Powered Installation
- Relocating a CCU or Repeater
- Battery Care and Maintenance
- Detailed Collector or Repeater Specifications
- Port and Protocol Requirements
- Status and Diagnostics
- Changing the Repeater Password
- Antenna Line Sweeps Procedure
- Anritsu Site Master Calibration
- Testing on a Network Device with a Remotely-Mounted 900 MHz Antenna
- Understanding Party Responsibilities
- Itron ChoiceConnect Antenna and Line Sweep Test Form
- Itron ChoiceConnect 900 MHz Antenna Specifications
- Typical Coaxial Cable Specification Summary Table
- Sample Sweeps Output
- Grounding Specifications
- Understanding Grounding and Bonding
- Understanding the Ohms Level
- Reducing the Ohms level
- Using a Megger
- Adjusting the Routing of the Grounding Conductor
- Supplier General Requirements and Equipment Competencies
- Exterior Grounding System Design for Concentrators
- Equipment Buried Ground Ring
- Chemical Ground Rod Installation
- Itron Concentrator Equipment
- Installing Coax Ground Kits
- Collector Sites with Indoor Itron TCU / CCU Equipment
- Grounding Rooftop Network Devices
- Down Conductor Installation
- Cold Water Pipe Option
- Building Steel Option
- Antenna and Coax Grounding - Rooftops
- Cable Tray Grounding
- Water Tower Grounding
- New Wooden and Concrete Antenna Poles
- Equipment Shelter Grounding
- Repeaters on Communication Tower Sites
- Repeaters on Rooftops
- Multiple Story Site Ground System
- Down Conductors Installation - Building / Shelter Penetrations
- Down Conductors Installation - Limits of Bend Radius
- Down Conductors Installation Connection Methods
- Cable Entrance Facilities
- Clamp-On Ground Resistance Testing
- Understanding Party Responsibilities
- Understanding Grounding and Bonding
- Index
TDC-0971-011 CCU 100 and Repeater 100 Installation Guide 123
Proprietary and Confidential
Symbols & Numbers
A
AC
installation diagram • 38
mains power • 13
service requirements • 9
tower installation diagram • 44
angles
azimuth • 47
tilt • 47
Antenna Line Sweeps Procedure • 83
antennas • 3, 4, 10, 12, 20, 21, 74
900 MHz • 4, 10, 14, 20, 62, 74
GPS • 3, 8, Error! Bookmark not defined.,
20, 62
grounding • 10
high gain • 15
placement • 10
specifications • 62
WAN • 3, 8, Error! Bookmark not
defined., 20, 62
arrays • 45
azimuth • 47
B
battery
battery pack • 64
calendar life • 56
charging • 55
installing • 34
maintenance • 56
replacing • 57
shipping requirements • 53
storage • 53
brackets • 17, 22
C
CCUs
configuration • 1
davit arm mount • 28
installation profiles •
7
i
nstalling • 19
mounting hardware • 17, 22
pipe mount • 23
pole mount • 25
power operating range • 64
siting • 7
specifications • 59
wall mount • 27
charging • 53
coaxial cable • 14
components • 1
connecting cables • 9, 12, 14, 16, 29
connectors • 16
D
davit arm mount • 28
diagrams
AC installation • 38
AC tower installation • 44
solar installation example • 50
solar wiring example • 46
dimensions • 59
E
endpoint antenna • 4, 10, 21, 62
environmental specifications • 63
Ethernet connections • 9
F
ferrite bead • 35
G
GPS
antenna • 3, 10, 20
coverage • 8
grounding • 10, 12, 93
Grounding Specifications Procedure • 93
H
hardware • 14, 17, 22
I
ICS • 9, 19, 39
initial collector setup • 9, 19,
39
Index