Antenna Options - Motorola AP7131 Installation Manual

Installation Guide 9

2.3.1 Antenna Options

Motorola Solutions supports two antenna suites for AP7131 and AP7131N models. One antenna suite supporting
the 2.4 GHz band and another antenna suite supporting the 5 GHz band. Select an antenna model best suited to the
intended operational environment of your Access Point. The AP7131N model Access Point can be purchased in a
three radio configuration. If a three radio SKU is purchased, the Access Point ships with a single antenna, factory
connected, to the Access Point chassis (next to the existing R1-A connector). This antenna is in addition to the other
six antennas available to the Access Point's other two radios. The single antenna supporting the AP7131N's third
radio supports sensor mode only and can not function as a WLAN radio.
Antenna connectors for single radio model Access Point are located on the same side of the Access Point as the
LAN and WAN port connections (GE1/POE and GE2). On single radio versions, the R-SMA connectors can support
both bands and should be connected to a R-SMA dual-band antenna or an appropriate single band antenna. If
necessary a R-SMA to R-BNC adapter (Part No. 25-72178-01) can be purchased separately from Motorola
Solutions.
R1 defines the Access Point's radio 1 antenna connectors and R2 defines radio 2 antenna connectors.
Certain Rogue AP Detection features use a radio to perform dual-band scanning. The dedicated radio should be
connected to an appropriate dual-band dipole antenna (Part No. ML-2452-APA2-01).