Installations Inside And Around Elevators; External Antenna Options And Patterns - Cisco Aironet 1700 Deployment Manual

Additionally, the DAS vendor and/or systems integrator is responsible for understanding that the deployed DAS system meets
the requirements of all of the customer's Wi-Fi devices and applications over the DAS system; this statement includes, but is
not exclusive to, all Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) and medical devices.
While Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and Cisco field teams do not provide support for RF issues that arise in a Cisco
WLAN used over a DAS, they provide support for non-RF related issues in Cisco products as per the customer's support
agreement with Cisco Systems.
For more on this see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps6973/positioning_statement_c07-565470_ps10092_Products
_Data_Sheet.html

Installations Inside and Around Elevators

Elevator coverage can sometimes be accomplished by placing APs in the near field of an elevator, typically on each floor near
the elevator door. Because elevators often have metal doors and the shafts are often concrete or contain other materials that
degrade Wi-Fi coverage, it is important to check the coverage inside the elevator. While such coverage can be challenging it is
often do-able, especially if the elevator is only a few floors.
High rise elevators are more challenging because roaming issues are problematic; the client is cycling through a large number
of APs rather quickly. Some companies that do in-elevator advertising put a patch antenna on the floor inside the shaft and a
patch antenna on the bottom of the elevator car, while other companies use leaky coaxial cable running on the side of the shaft.
When installing any Wi-Fi equipment inside the elevator cars or shafts, local regulations need to be followed because many
times such installations are prohibited either for safety reasons or because the building owner or local fire department may
prohibit the same. Also, it is dangerous and only elevator repair persons or contractors who have experience with this kind of
work should be in those areas.

External Antenna Options and Patterns

For Use with 1600/2600/3600 and 3700e APs
The following antennas are available for use with APs 1600e*/2600e and 3600e:
AIR-ANT2524DB-R – Dual-band (Black) dipole
AIR-ANT2524DW-R – Dual-band (White) dipole
AIR-ANT2524DG-R – Dual-band (Grey) dipole
AIR-ANT2535SDW-R – Dual band (short) dipole
AIR-ANT2524V4C-R – Dual-band Omni-directional (1 required) – 2/4 dBi Ceiling mount Omni use
AIR-ANT2544V4M-R– Dual-band Omni-directional (1 required) – 4/4 dBi Wall mount Omni use
AIR-ANT2566P4W-R– Dual band directional
These are all dual-band, dual-resonant antennas. Do not use single-band antennas on this product unless
Note
you choose to disable the other radio band within the AP. Also, in the case of the AP 1600 only three
dipole antennas are required (not 4). If using the ceiling, wall, or patch mount, simply leave the 4th
antenna lead unused.
Cisco Aironet Series 3700 Access Point
(4 required) – 2/4 dBi Dipole
(4 required) – 2/4 dBi Dipole
(4 required) – 2/4 dBi Dipole
(4 required) – 3/5 dBi Dipole
(1 required) – 6 dBi Patch wall mount use
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