User Manual

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Powering tips
• It is recommended that you use a redundant power supply for base stations.
• Each base station requires 150 watts at 48 volts of power.
• The ground of the power can be either negative or positive. The 48 volt power input to the
base station is floating, so either the positive or negative can be grounded.
• Power input is polarity sensitive, so be sure you connect V+ and V- properly.
• Depending on the type of equipment you own, supply power to the Ethernet switch and
backbone network equipment.
• It is recommended that you use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
Tips for sizing the UPS include:
• Size the voltage and amperage of the power supply according to the number of base
stations at your cell site.
• Size the UPS according to the efficiency of the DC power supplies and power
requirements of the other ancillary equipment, such as the Ethernet switch and
backbone network equipment.
• Consider the time you want to allow the system to operate on the UPS.