User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Overview
- About this guide
- Additional documentation
- Typographical conventions this guide uses
- Where to go for more help
- Chapter overview
- System overview
- Installation overview
- Planning the installation
- Chapter overview
- Before you begin
- Using Terminal Emulation or Telnet to help configure base stations
- Setting base station configuration parameters
- Chapter overview
- Before you begin
- Cell wiring
- Base station connectors
- Mounting the base station
- Connecting the antenna to the base station
- Connecting the GPS equipment to a base station
- Connecting to the backbone network
- Powering base stations
- Verifying system operation
- Appendix overview
- Appendix overview
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Serial interface connector
For base station configuration, the serial interface connector lets you directly
connect the base station to a PC or laptop. The six-pin connector is an RS-232
cable (10 ft), physical interface.
Note: “nu” indicates that the pin is not used.
Serial interface connecting cable
Cable 597-6014-0010 has a female, circular connector on one end, and a DB-9
female connector on the other end. Plug the DB-9 end of the cable into your PC or
laptop. Plug the other end of the cable into the serial interface connector.
Antenna connector
The antenna connector is a type N female connector. It has a built-in, internal 1/4
wave stub lightning protector. Connect the base station to the antenna using a
coaxial cable. Connect the proper lightning ground wiring to the antenna lightning
protector.
Figure 3.7
Serial interface connector
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3
2 4
1 - nu
2 - TxD
3 - RxD
4 - TxD
5 - nu
6 - Ground
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