User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
- Overview
- The ERU assembly
- Do you have everything?
- Safety precautions
- Introduction
- Installing the ERU
- Installation overview
- Installation guidelines and requirements
- Estimating cable requirements
- Assembling the mounting bracket and pipe
- Installing the ERU on solid wood or lap siding
- Installing the ERU on brick or poured concrete
- Installing the ERU on a cinder-block or hollow wall
- Installing the ERU under the eaves
- Installing the ERU on a roof
- Attaching the ERU to the mounting assembly
- Routing and grounding the exterior cables
- Routing cable to the SOMAport
- Troubleshooting
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Installing the ERU
Tools and materials
Make sure you have the following items on hand before you begin.
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To attach the ERU to the mounting pipe
1
Attach the ERU to the mounting pipe by sliding the hole on its base over the
mounting pipe.
2
Turn the ERU in a clockwise direction to tighten it.
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To attach the coaxial cable and grounding wire to the ERU
1
Insert one end of the hybrid RG-6/U coaxial cable into the F-connector on the
base of the ERU and secure it.
2
Form the end of the attached grounding wire into a loop (creating a āPā shape)
and hold it over the grounding wire hole in one of the corners of the ERU base.
3
Put some oxide-inhibiting compound on the P-shaped end of the grounding wire
and in the grounding wire hole.
4
Insert a #10 washer-head screw through the loop and slide it into the grounding
wire hole.
5
Tighten the screw until the grounding wire is securely fastened.
Materials Tools
ERU Screwdriver
Hybrid RG-6/U coaxial cable with
messengered #17 AWG grounding wire
Oxide-inhibiting compound
One #10 washer-head screw