User Manual

6 Installing and using the Expedience OSU
Installing the OSU
This section describes how to find an appropriate installation location for the OSU and how
to install the OSU on the building.
Selecting an installation location for the OSU
It is recommended that you determine the optimum installation location for the OSU before
physically mounting the OSU to the building.
Most often if you mount the OSU on the side of the building facing the service provider's
base station, the OSU can detect adequate signal in order to provide high-speed Internet
access. However, unless there is an obvious line of sight to the correct base station, the
correct orientation of the OSU is often not apparent. There also may be practical reasons why
you cannot mount the OSU on the side the building that faces the base station.
To determine the best location to install the OSU on the building:
1 Make sure the OSU has power, so that the lights on the bottom of the OSU blink.
2 Point the front of the OSU in the direction that you think the OSU should be oriented.
3 Try pointing the OSU in several different directions. If necessary, perform this task while
standing in the building’s upper stories or on the roof. At each elevation and in each
direction you point the OSU, note the number of blinking lights on the bottom of the
OSU. The stronger the signal that the OSU can detect, the more lights blink.
4 You can refine your connection to the service provider by adjusting the horizontal and
vertical tilt of the OSU, as described in the section, “Adjusting the OSU’s vertical and
horizontal tilt” on page7.
After determining where signal can be detected around the building, you can then choose a
corresponding OSU installation location on the building.
Installation overview
After you have found the best installation location on the building, install the OSU as follows:
1 Complete the mounting bracket assembly, leaving the screws on the bracket arm slightly
loose. If the screws are too tight, you won’t be able to adjust the OSU’s vertical and
horizontal tilt later.
If you are fastening the OSU to a pole, add the pole clamp to the assembly. Otherwise, set
the pole clamp aside.
2 Perform one of the following:
a If you are attaching the OSU to the side of a building, attach the CPE to the building
using the bracket assembly’s wall bracket.
b Mount the OSU to the pole, using the bracket assembly’s wall bracket and pole
clamp.
3 Adjust the OSU’s vertical and horizontal tilt so the OSU can obtain the best signal.
4 Fully tighten the bracket assembly into the desired position.
The following sections describe these steps in greater detail.