Proxim Tsunami MP.11 manuale d’uso

Part Number 73082/1 Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Guide Version 2.5[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 2 Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005 Proxim Wirel ess Corpo ration, San Jose, CA. All rights reserved. Covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 5,231, 634; 5,875,179; 6,006,090; 5,809,060; 6,075,8 1 2; 5,077,753. This manual and the soft[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 3 Contents ABOUT THIS BOOK ................................................................................................................ ........................... 4 Who Should Use This Guide .................................................[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 4 About This Book This Antenna Installation Guide explains how to install and set up an outdoor antenna with the 5054, 50 54-R, and 2454-R hardware. This guide does n ot explain how to er ect antenna masts, nor how to install a safety grounding [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 5 FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Installing Hardware Antennas typically are used in combinat ion with Tsun am i MP.11 systems. The hardwa re installation of these devices is described in the Installation and Mana gement manual included with each[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 6 ABOUT THE TSUNAMI MP.11 PRODUCT FAMILY The Tsunami MP.11 models let you set up a wire less system b ase d upon two basic topologie s: • A point-to-point link, which lets you set up a con nection between two locations as an alternativ e to: ?[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 7 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Read this section carefully before beginning the install ati on. All of the following requirements should be satisfied prior to starting installation of your outdoor antenna s. DANGER! The outdoor antennas to be use d with t[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 8 Chapter 1. Preparing for Installation Plan the day for your outdoor antenna installation carefully. Do not install the an tenna in wet or win dy conditions, during a thunderstorm, or when the area in whi ch the equi pment is to be installed is[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 9 SITE PREREQUISITES Review all requirements o utlined in this chapter before starti ng the installatio n procedure. Prior to climbing on the roof or any other area where you intend to in stall the outdoor antenna, you are advise d to: • Verif[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 10 Model 5054 Cable Setup for an Outdoor Antenna The following figure shows an overview of the cable setup for the o utdoor antenna. When the 5054 is not mounted close to where the antenna ca ble enters the building (where the su rge arresto r m[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 11 Model 2454-R and Model 5054-R Hardware The following types of hardware devices are u sed fo r setting up a wireless link: • Base Station Unit (BSU) • Subscriber Unit (SU) There are two models of the 5054-R and 2454-R Su bscriber Unit—on[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 12 The electronics (po wer supply and radio) are de sign ed fo r indoor mounting and operation. The ideal lo cati on must satisfy the following requirements: • The location provides a connection to a groundin g type AC wall outlet (100-240 VAC[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 13 Cable System Prior to mounting the radio unit, you are advised to ca refully calculate: • The distance between the intended location of your un it and the location of the antenna mast • The height of the antenna on the mast If the low-los[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 14 CAUTION! • The cable must be secured along the complete distance betw een attac hment points. No part of the antenna cable should be allowed to hang fre e. This is particularly importa nt for outdoor cable parts. • The antenna cable and c[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 15 The definition of the 1 st Fresnel zone is an imaginary b oundary line offset along the dire ct sig nal path. This boundary is defined as the point where if a signal were reflected between the two antennas, it would travel a distance exactly [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 16 To minimize the influence of obstacles, signal interference, or refle ction s, note the followi ng guidelines: • Mount the antenna as high as possible a bove the ground to allow maximum clearance: º In open areas, ground is the actual surf[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 17 Mounting the Antenna As the mounting procedu res for the various antennas di ffer fro m one anoth er, consult the documentation you received from the manufactur er for mounting procedures. Proxim Wireless Corporation offers multiple antenna s[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 18 Connecting the Antenna Cable Once the antenna is properly installed, you ca n co nnect the antenna to the unit by way of the surge arrestor: 1. Connect the antenna cable to the anten na. 2. Secure the antenna cable to the mast so that the cab[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 19 3. To protect the weatherproofing stret ch t ape from the effe cts of Ultra-Violet (UV) radiation (for example, from direct sunlight), you should protect the jo int with two ha lf-overlapped layers of any vinyl plastic electrical tape. Altern[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 20 Antenna Alignment Display Feature Antenna alignment is a process to phy sically align the ant ennas of both units to have t he best possible radi o link established between them. The antenna alignme nt process usually is performed during inst[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 21 Antenna Alignment Commands set aad enable local Enables display of the local SNR. Local SNR is t he SNR measured by the recei ver at the near end. set aad enable remote Enables display of the remote SNR. Remote SNR is the SNR as measured by t[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 22 Antenna Cable Routing The antenna cable must be routed a nd fixed in such a wa y that installation technicians have a clear passa ge area. All connectors that are located outdoors must have a weatherproof seal. You ar e advised to seal con ne[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 23 Chapter 2. Determin ing Range and Clearance When you read about wireless outdo or products, you often encoun ter the terms output power of the radio and gain of the antenna equipment as measures fo r the strength of the transmitted signal. ?[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 24 Maximum Range The maximum range of your system is based up on: • The type of outdoor antenna equipment • The data speed of the wireless link • The clearance of the signal path (see “Cleara nce Factor” below). The values in this sect[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 25 If any significant part of this bulged zone is obstructed, a portion of the radio ene rgy is lost, wh ich can affect the performance of your wireless lin k in terms of maximum range and transmit rate. In Figure 3, you see two variables that d[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 26 Figure 4. Clearance Factor Diagr am DISTANCE ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS Model 5054 Assumptions • Point-to-multipoint configuration using USA regulat ions for L an d U bands, ETSI regulations for M bands • Clear line-of-sight with no unu[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 27 Model 5054-R Assumptions • Point-to-multipoint configuration using USA regulat ions for L an d U bands, ETSI regulations for M bands • Clear line-of-sight with no unusual multipath • Sector antenna (17 dBi, 60º) at Base St ation with s[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 28 CALCULATIONS Availability of the microwave path is a prediction of the percent of time that the link operates without producing an excessive bit error rate (BER) due to multipath fading. In the absence of direct interference, availability is [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 29 Procedure 1. Start with the transmit power and the number of the channel to be used. From the output power tables on page 30 find the dBm associated with this output power and channel. 2. Subtract the total loss of all transmission element s [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 30 Notes: • The RSL must be higher than the Receiver Sen sitivity pl us the fade margin for a good link. See Table 1 to have a working link with no exce ssive errors. The amount of Fade Margin indicate s the reliability of the link; the more F[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 31 Table 2. Distance and Link Budget Reference Frequenc y: 5600 MHz Center Frequency for Europe Link Budget (dB) Distance (m) Fresnel Zone (m) Link Budget (dB) Distance (m) Fresnel Zone (m) Link Budget (dB) Distance (km) Fresnel Zone (m) 61 4.8 [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 32 Chapter 3. Antenna Cabling System INTRODUCTION As radio regulations differ betwe en the various count ries worldwide, not all of the outdoor solutions d escribed in this manual may be allowed in the country where you plan to inst all this equ[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 33 SELECTING THE CORRECT CONNECTOR TYPE The following are differences bet wee n the Tsunami MP.11 Model 5054 and Mo del 5054-R: • Male versus F emale N-type connec tor • Indoor install and long coa x versus Outdoor install and sh ort coax ?[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 34 Check with a qualified elect ricia n if you are in dou bt as to whether the surge arrestor and cable con nectors are properly grounded. Only after you hav e verified that each of the items is prop erl y grounded, replace the surge arrestor an[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 35 Specifications Part number 5054-SURGE Frequency range DC~ 5.875 GHz VSWR 1.25 : 1 Max.@ DC~4 GHz 1.45 : 1 Max.@ 4~5.875 GHz Insertion loss 0.5 dB Min.@ DC~5.875 GHz Impedance 50 Ω DC breakdown v oltage 90 V +/- 15% Impulse breakdown voltage [...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 36 Support and Warranty If you are having a problem using a Proxim product and ca nnot re so lve it with the information in the product documentation, gather the following inform ation and contact Proxim Technical Su pport: • What kind of netw[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 37 WARRANTY AND REPAIR If it appears that your unit needs a re pai r or replacement, return the unit to your Dealer or Distributor in its o riginal packaging. When returning a defe ctive product for Warranty, always incl ude th e following docum[...]

Tsunami MP.11 Antenna Installation Copyright © 2006 Proxim Wireless Co rporation. A ll rights reserved. 38 TO BE FILLED OUT BY USER: Product Description______ ___________________ __________________ _______________ ___ _______ COMCODE (Product ID)_____ ____ ______________ ____ __________________ ___________________ Serial Number__________ ____ ____[...]