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
Caution: Prior to installing a CCU in the field, be sure to configure it as described in
the CCU 100 Collector Configuration Guide. A CCU cannot be configured after it has
been installed in the field. Repeaters do not require pre-installation configuration.
TCU Components
1 RF Filter
2 Battery
3 Surge protection devices (SPDs), receptacle, terminal blocks
4 Collector mounting plate
5 Roxtec™ block
6 Wiring diagram
7 Document holder
8 Air filters There are two air filters, one shown at (8) and another behind the fan (9).
9 Fan
CCU100 and Repeater100 Installation Guide 4 Installing the Collector or Repeater
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