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
Index
124 TDC-0971-011 CCU 100 and Repeater 100 Installation Guide
Proprietary and Confidential
installation profiles • 7
L
lightning arrestor • 12
line sweeps procedure • 83
long-term storage • 54
M
mains power
AC • 13
DC • 14
maintenance • 53
materials not provided by Itron • 14
module • 2
mounting hardware • 17, 22
O
operating range • 64
P
passwords • 77
pedestal dimensions • 59
performing an antenna sweep test • 74, 83
pipe mount • 23
pole mount • 25
port requirements • 9, 67
power operating range • 64
preventative maintenance • 56
profiles • 7
propagation study • 8
protocol requirements • 9, 67
providing power • 36
PZWatts • 48
R
remote antennas • 3, 4, 10, 20
repeaters
davit arm mount • 28
installation profiles • 7
installing • 19
mounting hardware • 17, 22
pipe mount • 23
pole mount • 25
Repeater power operating range • 64
siting • 7
specifications • 59
wall mount • 27
replacing the battery •
57
S
service life • 56
shipping requirements • 53
site selection • 7, 8
solar installation diagram • 50
solar wiring diagram example • 46
specifications
antenna • 62
battery pack • 64
CCU • 59
environmental • 63
repeater • 59
transmitter • 64
state of charge • 55
status indicator • 73
storage • 53
T
tilt • 47
transmitter specifications • 64
W
wall mount • 27
WAN
antenna • 3, 20, 62
coverage • 8
weatherization • 30