User's Manual

NETWORKED SMART BOOSTER 7
Cabling
QUATRA Cabling considerations
NU Power
• The NU should be located within reach
of an AC power output.
NU LAN Management port (located on back
of NU)
• The NU LAN port connects QUATRA to
WAVE Portal through your LAN/ISP.
NU to CU cables
• Cat 5e (or better) must be used.
• These cables must not exceed 100
meters in length (unless a QUATRA
Range Extender is used – see below).
• These cables must be dedicated to each CU.
• Passive cable interconnects may be used when routing the cables (such as a punch-down block or patch panel).
• Active Ethernet LAN hardware may not be used because QUATRA uses proprietary signaling.
For NU to CU cable lengths exceeding 100m, a QRE may be used to extend cables up to 200m.
• Only one QRE may be used per CU.
• The QRE is powered by the cable from the NU (no local power source is needed).
• Install the QRE in accordance with the QRE User Manual.
INPUT
OUTPUT
QUATRA
NETWORK UNIT
WITH QUATRA
RANGE EXTENDER
QUATRA
COVERAGE UNIT
Cat 5e cable
100 meter max
Cat 5e cable
100 meter max
Longest
cable 100m
NU
LAN
PWR
CU1 CU2
CU3
CU4
Passive Interconnect OK
Active Interconnect NOT OK.
(routers/switches etc.)
NU to CU Ethernet cables must be
dedicated (proprietary data link)!
The system will not function if
common shared LAN resources are
used (routers, switches etc).
IMPORTA NT
OPTIONAL: QUATRA Range Extender (QRE)