Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- CCU100 and Repeater100 Installation Guide
- Important Safety and Compliance Information
- 1 Before You Begin
- 2 CCU/Repeater Basics
- 3 Planning a CCU/Repeater Installation
- 4 Installing the Collector or Repeater
- 5 Battery Care and Maintenance
- A Detailed Collector or Repeater Specifications
- B Port and Protocol Requirements
- C Status and Diagnostics
- D Changing the Repeater Password
- E Antenna Line Sweeps Procedure
- Anritsu Site Master Calibration
- Testing on a Network Device with a Remotely-Mounted 915 MHz Antenna
- Understanding Party Responsibilities
- Itron ChoiceConnect Antenna and Line Sweep Test Form
- Itron ChoiceConnect 915 MHz Antenna Specifications
- Typical Coaxial Cable Specification Summary Table
- Sample Sweeps Output
- F Grounding Specifications
- Understanding Grounding and Bonding
- 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
- Grounding antennas on 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
Supplier’s Responsibilities 98
Itron ChoiceConnect Antenna and Line Sweep Test Form 98
Itron ChoiceConnect 915 MHz Antenna Specifications 99
Technical Data 100
Typical Coaxial Cable Specification Summary Table 100
Sample Sweeps Output 101
F Grounding Specifications 103
Understanding Grounding and Bonding 104
Understanding the Ohms Level 104
Reducing the Ohms level 104
Using a Megger 105
Adjusting the Routing of the Grounding Conductor 106
Supplier General Requirements and Equipment Competencies 107
Exterior Grounding System Design for Concentrators 107
Existing Building or Rooftop Sites 110
Co-Located Sites & Other Existing Structures 111
New Wood Pole Sites 111
Equipment Buried Ground Ring 111
Chemical Ground Rod Installation 112
Installing a Chemical Ground Rod 112
Itron Concentrator Equipment 113
TCU / CCU on a Concrete Pad 114
TCU / CCU on a Steel Frame or I-Beam or Platform 114
TCU / CCU on a Raised Metal Platforms 114
TCU / CCU / Repeater Remote Antennas & Coax on Towers 115
Installing Coax Ground Kits 115
Installing Coax Ground Kits at the Top of a Tower 116
Installing Coax Ground Kits at the Bottom of the Tower 116
Installing a Coax Ground Kit to End of Ice Bridge 117
Attaching a Coax Ground Kit at GPS and WAN Antenna 117
Grounding a Coax Ice Bridge 117
Collector Sites with Indoor Itron TCU / CCU Equipment 118
RF Components Protection (Coax) 118
Grounding Rooftop Network Devices 120
Grounding Rooftop Network Devices 120
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