User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points
- Contents
- 1 About Access Points
- Overview
- Features
- AP Product Description
- Battery Backups
- Read Storage
- Power Requirements
- Rebooting or Recycling APs
- Standards Compliance
- Cellular Modem
- Addressing Schemes
- Specifications
- European Union Compliance
- Maintenance Procedures
- Surge Protection
- Redundant WAN Option
- Mounting Options
- WAN Options
- Throughput Performance
- Responding to a WAN Failure
- Multicast / Unicast Communications
- Networking
- Address Management
- Administration
- Configuration
- 2 FCC and Government Guidelines
- Index
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points 1 About Access Points
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points Rev 3 22 January 2013 Silver Spring Networks 7
The design float life of Silver Spring-IBP products is up to eight (8) to ten (10) years at room
temperature (25°C/77°F) and under proper charging conditions. This design life has been
confirmed by the use of accelerated testing methods that are widely accepted by both
manufacturers and users of sealed-lead batteries. High temperatures are used to accelerate
the aging process of the battery under test.
Read Storage
The Access Point has 8MB of RAM and 8MB of Flash. No reads are stored within the Access
Point.
Power Requirements
The Access Point and Relay require 96 to 250 VAC (50 to 60 Hz).
Power can be tapped directly from the power line or from a street light receptacle.
Rebooting or Recycling APs
Silver Spring Networks APs will run steady state for an indefinite period of time. Reboots are
not contingent upon any inherent tendency for the AP to reboot itself. The only conditions
that would manifest a reboot are:
• Power failure in the absence of battery backup
• WAN dialer reaches a “high water count” that induces a firmware reboot – this happens
when cellular coverage is intermittent
• Upgrade of firmware
• Deliberate reboot instruction issued from field technician or from back-office
Standards Compliance
APs comply with:
• Operating Vibration standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 60068-2-8
• Operating Shock standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 60068-2-27
• Humidity standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 60068-2-6
• Operating Temperature standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 60068-2-1, IEC 60068-2-2
• Electromagnetic Susceptibility standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 61000-4-3
• Surge Withstand Capability standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 61000-4-5
• Electrostatic Discharge standard ANSI C12.20, IEC 61000-4-2
• Electrical Fast Transients per ANSI C12.20, IEC 61000-4-4
• Conducted Immunity per IEC 61000-4-6
• Magnetic Immunity IEC 61000-4-8
• Voltage Dips & Interrupts IEC 61000-4-11
• Safety Standard for Information Technology Equipment, IEC 60950-1, IEC 60950-22