User's Manual
OverviewChapter2:Sitepreparation
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TheSitepreparationsectionprovidestheproceduresandinformationtoverifythatthesiteis
readytohavetheframesandotherequipmentinstalled.
Preparingthesiteforequipmentarrival
Basedonthesitecharacteristics,executethestepsthatapplytothesite.
Preparingtheoutdoorsitefortheequipment
Adetailedlayoutofthesiteisprovidedwiththesite-specicdocumentation.Beforeinstalling
thehardware,comparetheinformationpresentedheretothesite-specicdocumentationlayout
andverifythefollowingwiththesitemanager:
•Siteisclean.
•Site-specicdocumentationcoveringallsite-dependentinstallationinformationis
available.
•Theinstallationareahasrestrictedaccess.Equipmentismeanttobeinstalledand
operatedinarestrictedaccesslocation.
•Allbuilding/siteACorDCpowercablinghasbeeninstalled.
•Thescreen(outershield)oftheRFantennacoaxialcablemustbeconnectedtoearth
(grounded)attheentrancetothebuilding.Connectinggroundshouldbedonein
accordancewithapplicablenationalelectricalinstallationcodes(Section820.93ofthe
NationalElectricalCode,ANSI/NFPA70.
•Thisequipmentshallbeconnecteddirectlytothedcsupplysystemearthingelectrode
conductorortoabondingjumperfromanearthingterminalbarorbustowhichthedc
supplysystemearthingelectrodeconductorisconnected.
Thisequipmentshallbeconnecteddirectlytothedcsupplysystemearthingelectrode
conductorortoabondingjumperfromanearthingterminalbarorbustowhichthe
dcsupplysystemearthingelectrodeconductorisconnected.
Thisequipmentshallbelocatedinthesameimmediatearea(suchasadjacent
cabinets)asanyotherequipmentthathasaconnectionbetweentheearthed
conductorofthesamedcsupplycircuitandtheearthingconductor,andalsothepoint
ofearthingofthedcsystem.Thedcsystemshallnotbeearthedelsewhere.
Thedcsupplysourceshallbelocatedwithinthesamepremisesasthisequipment.
Switchingordisconnectingdevicesshallnotbeintheearthedcircuitconductor
betweenthedcsourceandthepointofconnectionoftheearthingelectrodeconductor.
•VerifythattheMasterGroundBarisconnectedtoasolidearthground.Connectingthe
MasterGroundBarisrequiredtoensureprotectionfromhazardousvoltagesbyproviding
ahighintegrityprotectiveearthingcircuitwhentheframeislatergroundedtotheMaster
GroundBar.
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