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
the upright position.
Cables
Connect the remote/external antenna cables (if needed), Ethernet cable (if needed), and
grounding wire.
Due to the variable requirements for cable length, cables are not provided by Itron.
Important! All coaxial cable connections must be properly weather-proofed per
industry standards unless otherwise specified. (For an example, see Step 3 of the
following procedure Connecting the Cables on page 45. If the collector or repeater is
installed indoors, only the connections located outside need to be weather-proofed.
Connecting the Cables
1. The GPS cable has an SMA connector on one end and a TNC connector on the other end.
Connect the SMA connector end of the GPS antenna cable to the collector or repeater.
Connect the TNC end of the GPS cable to the external GPS antenna.
CCU100 and Repeater100 Installation Guide 4 Installing the Collector or Repeater
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