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Making connections in a high-speed world SLE100 Fast Ethernet Links Installation Manual P/N 590-00532 Revision A June 20 08.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual ii 590-00532, rev A Copyright Notice & Disclaimer Copyright © 2004 – 2008 BridgeWave Comm unications. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA No portion of this publication may be reproduce d, copied, or distributed without the written consent of BridgeWave Communica tions.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual iii 590-00532, rev A Safety CAUTION, WARNING, and DANGER st atements have been strategi cally placed in the text to alert personnel of possible hazards.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual iv 590-005 32, rev A Regulatory Information This device complies with FCC Pa rt 15.255 and Industry Canada RSS-210. Operation is subject to th e following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and, (2) This device must accept any interferen ce that may cause undesired operation.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual v 590-00532, rev A Table of Contents Copyright Notice & Disclaimer ................... ii Export Control ............................................. ii Product Compatibility .................................. ii Safety .
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 1 590-00532, rev A 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of Manual The information in this m anual is directed to pe rsons who must perform or coordinate the tasks associated with the process of installing wi reless communication de vices, and planning communication network applications.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 2 590-00532, rev A 1.3 Contact Information Technical Assistance and Customer Service BridgeWave distributors are author ized local service pr oviders and are respons ible for immediate customer support. If problems are not resolved, c ontact BridgeWave Custom er Service for assistance: Santa Clara, CA USA Tel: 408.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 3 590-00532, rev A 2 Site Planning 2.1 General Before the start of an installation a survey should be conducted of the proposed area of the site(s). The survey personnel should be fully familiar with the details required to inst all the BridgeWave radio system.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 4 590-00532, rev A The SLE100 provides highly reliable all-weather operation at half-mile distances anywhere in the USA and Canada.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 5 590-00532, rev A Figure 2-1 Cabling Diagram 2.7 Grounding & Lightning Proper grounding of the out door equipment reduces electromagnetic interference, pr ovides lightning protection, and protects against elec trical discharge.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 6 590-00532, rev A For more information on recommended accessory devices and kits, contact BridgeWave Sales 2.8 Environmental The structure to which the equipment will be mounted must be adequate to bear all wind and other weather conditions.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 7 590-00532, rev A 3 Installation 3.1 Equipment Unpacking The radio system equipm ent will arrive in two b oxes: one box for the low-band radio and one box for the high-band radio.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 8 590-00532, rev A 1 ea. CD-ROM containing Installation Ma nual (1 provided per pair of radios) 1 ea. Hard reset box 1 ea.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 9 590-00532, rev A 3.3 Installation Tools The following tools, should be used for installin g the radio: • Screwdriver, slotted 0.1 inch (2.5mm) wide • Open-end wrench 11/32 (9mm) • Open-end wrench 9/16 (14mm), 2 ea.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 10 590-00532, rev A 3.4 Radio Mount Installation The SLE100 radio unit can be mounted to a wall or at tached to a pole. Instructions for assembling the mounting brackets for wall and pole mount applications are descri bed in the sections below.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 11 590-00532, rev A 1. Install 4 mounting bolts in the wall at the de sired location. The template provided in Figure 3-3 can be used to establish the hole pa ttern on the wall. The bolts (normally ⅜ -16) should extend 0.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 12 590-00532, rev A 3.13 inches 6.25 in ches (15.9 cm) (8.0 cm) Figure 3-3: Wall Mount Hole Drilling Template.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 13 590-00532, rev A Pole Mounting Instructions The pole mount kit can be used to secure the mount to a pole with diam eter from 2.0 to 4.5 inches (50 to 115 mm). Listed below are the steps required to assemble the bracket for a pole m ount application: 1.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 14 590-00532, rev A Figure 3-5 Attaching Pole Mount Brackets to Wall Mount Bracket 3. Attach the Yoke Mounting Bracket to the mount, with Teflon shim in-between, using 2 each of the supplied ⅜ -16 x ¾ bolts, ⅜ lock washers, and ⅜ flat washers.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 15 590-00532, rev A 4. Secure the assembled Yoke Mount to the pole using the preassembled pole m ount brackets from Step 13, and 4 each ⅜ -16 nuts, ⅜ lock washers, and ⅜ flat washers.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 16 590-00532, rev A 3.5 Radio Installation Perform the following steps to a ttach th e radio to the Yoke Mounting Bracket: 1. Determine desired polarization of the link, ve rtical or horizontal, and orient the radio accordingly using the diamond shaped polarity in dication stickers shown in Figure 3-8.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 17 590-00532, rev A It is critically important dur ing installa tion to ensure the radios on each side of the link are in the same polarization (horizontal-horizontal or vertical -vertical).
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 18 590-00532, rev A Figure 3-10: Attaching Radio to Yoke Mount Brac ket 4. Perform steps 1 –3 on both ends of the link.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 19 590-00532, rev A 3.6 Cable Installation 1. Install grounding for the radio unit. The preferred method for grounding the radio unit is to ground the mast (or wall-mount bracket) to a gr ound source, since this provides the largest grounding surface contact possible.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 20 590-00532, rev A 5. Next, connect the interf ace labeled “Data” on the PoE Injector to the netw ork device that will interface with the SLE100. 6. Connect the site ground to the terminal labeled “GND” on the PoE Injector.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 21 590-00532, rev A 8. Plug the AC cord into the power supply and con n ect to the local AC power. The radio will turn on. 9. Check the radio ‘Power’ LED status for a gree n indication. If green th e radio is powered on and is ready for alignment.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 22 590-00532, rev A Figure 3.7.1- 1 : 60 Ice Shie l d 3.7.2 Optional Kit The part number for this kit is 515-00913 Refer to the table below for the kit required f or your particular application. Each kit contains the necessary materials for the installation of the ice shield on one radio.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 23 590-00532, rev A 4. Re-install the “O” bolt. Remove canopy when its not snowing to reduce antenna wind loading Figure 2: Attaching the Ice Shield.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 24 590-00532, rev A 3.8 Antenna Alignment 1. Tighten the mounting bracket azimut h and elevation lock bolts just enough to allow the radio to pivot up/down and right/left with minim al effort. Tilt the radio so that it roughly points towards the other end of the link.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 25 590-00532, rev A Radi o at f ar end of l i nk The al i gnm ent ai ds need t o be i n a st r ai ght l i ne. Target , ot her r adi o, i s pl aced at top of m i ddl e ai d.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 26 590-00532, rev A Radi o at f ar e nd of l ink Ai ming Too l ow W rong 6. Verify Link Up LED’s are lit solid on both radios. 7. Slightly rotate each radio up/dow n and left/right to find the ma ximum RSL voltage reading.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 27 590-00532, rev A These instructions can also be found on the radio’s back cover. 3.9 QUAL & RSL Test Cable The alignment procedure is optimized through the use of the provided test cable .
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 28 590-00532, rev A Figure 3-12: RSL and Quality Test Cable Connection Point The voltmeter should be set to DC voltage and the x 20 setting. The expected RSL level is dependent on the distance between the two radio term in als.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 29 590-00532, rev A • Quality Voltages between 0.5V and 1.0V indicate exces sive errors in the wireless link that can not be corrected by the FEC. To indicate this ch ange in error performance, the quality voltage will drop from 1.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 30 590-00532, rev A 4 Configuring Network Equipment The networking equipment that is connected to th e SLE100 should first be checked to ensure it operates properly over a wired connection.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 31 590-00532, rev A Appendix A: Troubleshooting The following table provides a summary of possibl e problem s you might encounter while installing a BridgeWave SLE100 link, along with po ssible causes and their solutions.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 32 590-00532, rev A Low link quality voltage Wireless link established but no data transfer over the link Antennas are not aligned for maxi mum R SL Use the Visual Alignment Tool and voltmeter to verify antenna alignment.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 33 590-00532, rev A Appendix B: RSL Voltage vs. Distance Align Antenna to Max voltage and confirm RSL is above the Mi n value shown based on the link distance.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 34 590-00532, rev A Std. Limited Warranty & SW License THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY AND SOFTWARE LICE NSE GRANT APPLY ONLY FOR BRIDGEWAVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
TM SLE100 Installation Manual 35 590-00532, rev A Title to Software . Title to the Software, and to any source code for the Software, shall at all tim es re main solely and exclusively with BridgeW ave. Buyer agrees not to take any action inconsistent with such title .
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