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MSR2000 Installation Guide
0510881-03

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  • Page 1 Aruba Networks MSR2000 Installation Guide 0510881-03...
  • Page 2 4. The company disclaims any and all warranties and guarantees, express, implied or otherwise, arising, with respect to the MSR2000 products or services, including but not limited to the warranty of merchandisability, the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranty of non- infringement of the intellectual property rights of any third party.
  • Page 3 Aruba access points. This document can be viewed or downloaded from the following location: www.arubanetworks.com/safety_addendum Safety Warnings The MSR2000 must be installed by trained professional installation technicians. All warnings below must be read and understood before installation. General Safety Warnings You can be killed or injured if performing antenna installation near electrical power lines.
  • Page 4 The installation of the power switch must be performed by a trained professional technician. The power switch is not supplied with the MSR2000. The power cord must be assembled by a professional installer, and the final assembly must comply with related requirements.
  • Page 5 RF Device Protection Before powering up the MSR2000, the RF port must be connected to an antenna or a valid load (not included in the standard accessories for MSR2000). Otherwise, the RF module may be burn out. Aruba will not take any responsibility for such damages. RF modules with less than 100mW power may work in a test environment without a load connection provided the duration of operation is less than 30 minutes.
  • Page 6 (crossed-out wheelie bin). The treatment applied at end of life of these products in these countries shall comply with the applicable national laws of countries implementing Directive 2002/96EC on Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 7 MSR2K23N0 MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 8 MSR2K23N1/MSR2K23N2 MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    OINTS TO EMEMBER ..............17 EATHERPROOFING IRECTLY ONNECTED NTENNAS ..................19 EATHERPROOFING ABLE ONNECTIONS 4 MSR2000 INSTALLATION .......................... 22 ......................23 OUNTING BRACKET ASSEMBLY MSR2000 ..................... 25 NSTALLING ON A POLE MSR2000 ..................... 26 NSTALLING ON A WALL MSR2000 ......................27 ROUNDING THE ......................

  • Page 10: Product Overview

    1 Product Overview There are three versions of the MSR2000, which mainly differ in the way they receive power.  MSR2K23N0: PoE powered  MSR2K23N1: AC powered (100-240VAC)  MSR2K23N2: DC powered (12-48VDC) 1.1 Interfaces Figure 1-1 Interfaces on MSR2K23N0...

  • Page 11: Led Status Indicators

    Antenna interface (Radio 0) Grounding hole 1.2 LED Status Indicators The MSR2000 includes visual indicators for power, link, and radio status. The LED layout is different for the three versions of MSR2000. Figure 1-3 MSR2K23N0 LED layout The table below lists the meanings of the LEDs on the MSR2K23N0.
  • Page 12 • Single LED orange: Radio 0 is providing access (SSID) service or providing very weak backhaul (mesh) link • Multiple LED orange: Radio 0 is providing backhaul (mesh) link to another node; the more LEDs are orange, the stronger the link signal MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 13 Displays the Gigabit-Ethernet 0 link status: • Dark: No uplink on the Ethernet port • Green: The link speed is 1000M • Yellow: The link speed is 10M or 100M • Flashing: Data is being transmitted or received MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 14: Installation Preparations

    2 Installation Preparations This chapter describes the preparations for MSR2000 installation, including checking package contents, preparing installation tools and selection of installation sites. 2.1 Package Contents • Aruba MSR2000 AirMesh Router • MSR2000 Mounting Bracket • Solar Shield • Pole Anchors x 2 •...

  • Page 15: Examining The Installation Site

    3. Interference must be considered in site selection. New site should avoid known interference, unless the interference is controllable. 4. Keep the MSR2000 away from places that are susceptible to high temperature, dust, harmful gas, inflammable, explosive, electromagnetic interference (high power radar, radio station and transformer), unstable voltage, heavy vibration, or loud noise.

  • Page 16: Weatherproofing Connections

    (Figure 3-2). The same materials are needed for weatherproofing both types of connections but the procedure is slightly different. For weatherproofing directly connected antennas, see "Weatherproofing Directly Connected Antennas" section. For weatherproofing cable connections, see "Weatherproofing Cable Connections" section. MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 17 Figure 3-1 Directly connected antennas Figure 3-2 Cable connections MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 18: Important Points To Remember

    Beginning just below the weep holes, tightly wrap the connection with a layer of the 3/4” (19mm) electrical tape. Overlap the tape to a half-width. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the wrapping extends all the way to the AP’s case. Figure 3-3 First Wrapping of Tape Wrapping of Butyl Rubber MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 19 Join the two ends by pushing them together until there is no longer a seam (Figure 3-5). Figure 3-4 Butyl rubber placement Figure 3-5 Butyl rubber wrap Second Wrapping of Tape Cut a 4” (100 mm) strip of electrical tape from the roll. MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 20: Weatherproofing Cable Connections

    Beginning at the top of the connector, tightly wrap the connection with a layer of the 3/4” (19mm) electrical tape. Overlap the tape to a half-width. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the wrapping extends all the way to the cable’s insulation. MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 21 Cut a piece of butyl rubber large enough to wrap around the connector and extended past the first layer of tape. Wrap the strip of rubber around the taped connector (Figure 3-8) Join the two ends by pushing them together until there is no longer a seam (Figure 3-9). Figure 3-8 Butyl rubber placement MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 22 After completing the fourth layer of tape, check your work to ensure there are no places where water can collect. If there are, you must smooth out those areas with additional layers of tape or remove the weatherproofing and begin again. Figure 3-10 Completed wrapping Repeat this process for all connections. MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 23: Msr2000 Installation

    4 MSR2000 Installation The installation flowchart of MSR2K23N0: MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 24: Mounting Bracket Assembly

    The mounting bracket assembly for installing MSR2000 concludes a solar shield, a pair of pole anchors, a mounting bracket, and bolts. MSR2000 can be installed on a wall or attached to a pole. Pole diameter should be 40 to 60 mm, at the position where the MSR2000 will be mounted.)
  • Page 25 Note If you are using M8 x150 long bolts (not provided in the box shipped with MSR2000), the MSR2000 can be mounted on a pole with 96mm diameter. Figure 4-1 the pole anchors and mounting bracket Solar shield Mounting bracket...

  • Page 26: Installing Msr2000 On A Pole

    4.2 Installing MSR2000 on a pole Step 1 Attach the MSR2000 on the mounting bracket using the two M6 x20 bolts (with flat and spring washers) on each side of the mounting bracket. There is screw thread in the screw hole of the mounting bracket.

  • Page 27: Installing Msr2000 On A Wall

    2) Adjust the position of the wall-mounting bracket and tighten the expansion screws. Step 5 Fix MSR2000 on the wall-mounting bracket. 1) Fix the MSR2000 on the wall-mounting bracket by inserting the two M6 x20 bolts (with flat and spring washers) through the installation holes, and tighten the bolts.

  • Page 28: Grounding The Msr2000

    Figure 4-6 Positions of installation holes on MSR2000 4.4 Grounding the MSR2000 The grounding must be completed before powering up the MSR2000.The resistance of the grounding wire should be less than 5 ohm and the grounding cable’s cross-section area should be no less than 6 mm .The...

  • Page 29: Connecting The Rf Cable

    Step 2 Fasten the copper lug to the grounding hole on the MSR2000 with the M4 x12 bolt and external- tooth washer.

  • Page 30: Connecting The Ethernet Cable

    Step 3 Water-proof the antenna connection with PVC insulation tape, adhesive insulation tape and strap. 4.6 Connecting the Ethernet cable To ensure that MSR2000 maintains Ethernet connectivity or Power over Ethernet, install the weatherproof connector kit (included in the package) as follows: Note Failure to use the weatherproof connector kit can lead to connectivity and PoE issues.
  • Page 31 Slide the sealing nut over the narrow end of the weatherproof connector socket and tighten it manually. 10. Insert the Ethernet cable connector into the Ethernet interface and tighten the locknut manually. 11. Water-proof the Ethernet cable connection with PVC insulation tape and adhesive tape. MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 32: Connecting The Ethernet Cable (Msr2K23N1/Msr2K23N2)

    Insert the Ethernet cable into the narrow end of the clamp ring and pass it through the opening end of waterproof connector socket. Using a crimping tool, attach the included shielded RJ45 connector. 10. Slide the shield rings up the Ethernet cable and insert it into the narrow end of the clamp ring. MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 33: Connecting Power Cable (Msr2K23N1/Msr2K23N2)

    AC or DC power source. Note The MSR2000 does not ship with any power cables; these are available as accessories and should be ordered separately. In addition to completed power cables, Aruba also offers an outdoor rated AC and DC connector kit that can be used to connect a compatible power cable to the MSR2000.

  • Page 34: Fixing The Solar Shield On Msr2000

    MSR2K23N2, only use DC power cord with model number CBL-DC-WW. 4.8 Fixing the solar shield on MSR2000 Step 1 Fix the solar shield on MSR2000 by using the four M4 x16 bolts (with flat and spring washers). MSR2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 35 Figure 4-14 Fixing the solar shield on MSR2000 MSR2000 Installation Guide...

  • Page 36: Note

    5 Note  To log onto the MSR2000 via Console port, use the setting as shown in table below: Baud Rate 115200 Data Bits Parity None Stop Bits Flow Control None Default Username and Password Username: root Password: public ...

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