User's Manual

Contents
TDC-0971-011 CCU 100 and Repeater 100 Installation Guide v
Proprietary and Confidential
Changing the Repeater Password ............................................................................. 77
Antenna Line Sweeps Procedure ............................................................................... 83
Anritsu Site Master Calibration .......................................................................................................... 83
Testing on a Network Device with a Remotely-Mounted 900 MHz Antenna .................................... 84
General Testing Conditions .................................................................................................... 84
Specific Testing Conditions ..................................................................................................... 85
Understanding Party Responsibilities ............................................................................................... 86
Itron’s Responsibilities ............................................................................................................ 86
Supplier’s Responsibilities ...................................................................................................... 86
Itron ChoiceConnect Antenna and Line Sweep Test Form ............................................................... 88
Itron ChoiceConnect 900 MHz Antenna Specifications .................................................................... 89
Technical Data ........................................................................................................................ 89
Typical Coaxial Cable Specification Summary Table ....................................................................... 90
Sample Sweeps Output ..................................................................................................................... 91
Grounding Specifications ........................................................................................... 93
Understanding Grounding and Bonding ................................................................................. 94
Understanding the Ohms Level .................................................................................... 94
Reducing the Ohms level.............................................................................................. 94
Using a Megger ............................................................................................................ 95
Adjusting the Routing of the Grounding Conductor ...................................................... 96
Supplier General Requirements and Equipment Competencies .................................. 97
Exterior Grounding System Design for Concentrators............................................................ 97
Existing Building or Rooftop Sites ................................................................................ 99
Co-Located Sites & Other Existing Structures ........................................................... 100
New Wood Pole Sites ................................................................................................. 100
Equipment Buried Ground Ring ............................................................................................ 100
Chemical Ground Rod Installation ........................................................................................ 101
Itron Concentrator Equipment ............................................................................................... 103
TCU / CCU on a Concrete Pad .................................................................................. 103
TCU / CCU on a Steel Frame or I-Beam or Platform ................................................. 103
TCU / CCU on a Raised Metal Platforms ................................................................... 103
TCU / CCU / Repeater Remote Antennas & Coax on Towers ................................... 104
Installing Coax Ground Kits .................................................................................................. 105
Collector Sites with Indoor Itron TCU / CCU Equipment ...................................................... 107
RF Components Protection (Coax) ............................................................................ 107
Grounding Rooftop Network Devices.................................................................................... 109
Down Conductor Installation ................................................................................................. 111
Cold Water Pipe Option .............................................................................................. 111
Building Steel Option .................................................................................................. 111
Antenna and Coax Grounding - Rooftops .................................................................. 112
Cable Tray Grounding ................................................................................................ 112
Water Tower Grounding ............................................................................................. 113
New Wooden and Concrete Antenna Poles ............................................................... 113
Equipment Shelter Grounding .................................................................................... 114
Repeaters on Communication Tower Sites ................................................................ 114
Repeaters on Rooftops ............................................................................................... 115
Multiple Story Site Ground System ............................................................................. 115
Down Conductors Installation - Building / Shelter Penetrations ................................. 115
Down Conductors Installation - Limits of Bend Radius .............................................. 116