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
Chapter 1 CCU/Repeater Basics
4 TDC-0971-011 CCU 100 and Repeater 100 Installation Guide
Proprietary and Confidential
Caution You must install the external GPS antenna in a vertical orientation, and the
antenna must have an unobstructed view of the southern sky (North America and
Europe) to properly receive a GPS signal.
The local GPS/WAN antenna system is shown below.
Item
Description
1
Local GPS antenna
Receives GPS data from orbiting satellites. The cable
connection on the bottom of this antenna is TNC female.
2 Mounting bracket
Attaches the antenna to your desired mounting location.
3
Antenna masts
Provide support for the GPS and WAN antennas. Cables for
each antenna are routed through the masts. Clamps on the front
of the mounting bracket secure the masts.
4 Local WAN antenna (CCU only)
Provides the wide-area network (WAN) signal for the CCU.
The repeater does not use this antenna. The cable connection
on the bottom of this antenna is N female.
900 MHz Antenna
The 900 MHz antenna transmits and receives data messages from endpoints and repeaters
in the network.