Installation guide

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Guide

Introduction

This Antenna Installation Guide explains how to install and set up an outdoor antenna with Tsunami MP.11 hardware.

The following products are covered in this guide:

• 5054 (MP.11a)

•954-R

• 2454-R

• 4954-R

• 5054-R

• 5054-R-LR

This guide discusses link budget, range, and obstruction clearance; it does not explain how to erect antenna masts, or

how to install a safety grounding system. These prerequisites must be in place before installing the directional antenna.

See the Tsunami MP.11 Recommended Antennas guide for a list of and specifications for antennas you can use with

Tsunami MP.11 hardware.

See the following sections:

• Who Should Use This Guide

• Safety Precautions

• Finding Additional Information

Who Should Use This Guide

The installation of outdoor wireless links requires technical expertise. You should undertake this installation only if you

meet the following prerequisites:

• You are a trained installation technician with experience mounting outdoor antennas and surge arrestors.

• You have experience installing and configuring the network components, such as the radio hardware.

• You understand, or have a working knowledge of, installation procedures for network operating systems using

Microsoft Windows.

WARNINGS:

• Antenna installation must be provided by a suitably trained professional installation technician or

by a qualified antenna installation service. Installation is not to be attempted by someone not

trained or experienced in this type of work.

• The site prerequisites must be checked by a person familiar with the applicable electrical code

and with other regulations governing this type of installation within the country of use.

• The outdoor antennas to be used with these products are intended for mounting on an antenna

tower, on a roof, or on the side of a building.

As radio regulations differ between the various worldwide countries, it may be that not all of the outdoor solutions

described in this manual are allowed in the country in which you plan to install this equipment.

Local radio regulations or legislation may impose restrictions on the use of specific combinations of:

• Low-loss antenna cables and outdoor antennas

• Radio channels selected at the radios that are connected to specific outdoor antennas