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Canopy System User Guide
pmp-0229 (Mar 2013)
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Chapter 16: Testing the Components
The best practice is to connect all components—BHs, APs, GPS antenna, and CMM—in a test
setting and initially configure and verify them before deploying them to an installation. In this
way, any configuration issues are worked out before going on-site, on a tower, in the weather,
where the discovery of configuration issues or marginal hardware is more problematic and work-
flow affecting.
Unpacking Components
When you receive these products, carefully inspect all shipping boxes for signs of damage. If you
find damage, immediately notify the transportation company.
As you unpack the equipment, verify that all the components that you ordered have arrived. Save
all the packing materials to use later, as you transport the equipment to and from installation sites.
Configuring for Test
You can use either of two methods to configure an AP or BHM:
• Use the Quick Start feature of the product. For more information on Quick Start, see Quick
Start Page of the AP on Page 191.
• Manually set each parameter.
After you change configuration parameters on a GUI web page:
• Before you leave a web page, click the Save button to save the change(s).
• After making change(s) on multiple web pages, click the Reboot button to reboot the module
and implement the change(s).
Configuring the Computing Device for Test
If your computer is configured for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), disconnect the
computer from the network. If your computer is instead configured for static IP addressing
• set the static address in the 169.254 network
• set the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0.