Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- CCU 100 and Repeater 100 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
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Exothermic Welding. Exothermic welds must be Cadweld, a registered trademark of Erico
Products, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio, or ThermOweld, a division of Continental Industries, Inc.
of Tulsa Oklahoma or equivalent.
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Ground Clamp. Used for conduit or water pipe, for instance. Burndy GAR style UL clamp
with two- hole provisions for long barrel multiple crimp two-hole lugs or equivalent.
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Conduit. Conduit requirements vary due to state and local construction codes. The local
engineering firm determines what is required depending on the site type and jurisdiction.
Consider material and labor costs when selecting a conduit type as long as all applicable
codes are followed.
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Metal conduit. (At a minimum) UL listed galvanized rigid steel conduit (minimum size: 1-
1/2-inch trade size) with UL listed fittings. Steel compression fittings, watertight fittings,
and bonding to grounding conductors at both ends are required. Do not use set screw
settings.
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PVC conduit and fittings. Schedule 40 (minimum). Do not use EMT conduit for
underground applications.
When conduit is visible and there is no method to determine the contents (for example,
utility shafts in a building), label the conduit as power (with voltage), Telco service, or
ground.
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