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Contents BOX CONTENTS ....................................1 INSTALLATION OF THE SKYHOPPER ONE UNITS ........................1 Aerial Unit ....................................1 2.1.1 Installing the Aerial Unit ..............................1 Ground Unit ..................................... 2 2.2.1 Installing the Ground Unit ..............................2 PREPARING AND CONNECTING THE CABLES ..........................5 Antennas ....................................
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Figure 2: Connecting RF Cables to SkyHopper ONE Aerial Unit ........................1 Figure 3: SkyHopper ONE Connectors Front View ............................2 Figure 4: Connecting the SkyHopper ONE Unit to the Supplied Mount ......................3 Figure 5: Connecting the SMA Male connector to the Supplied Mount ......................3 Figure 6: Connecting RF Cables to SkyHopper ONE Ground Unit .......................
Installation of the SkyHopper ONE Units 2.1 Aerial Unit The SkyHopper ONE Aerial Unit (marked with an ‘ A ’) should be mounted on the drone/UAV. Prior to installing the Aerial Unit, the following should be taken into consideration: •...
• Mount the antennas perpendicular to the ground (antenna endpoint to the ground). Connect the GPS antenna to the unit if you have one, placing it in clear view of the sky (for Point-to-Multipoint, a GPS antenna is necessary). Make sure the payload or any other part of the drone does not block the antennas.
Figure 5: Connecting the SMA Male connector to the Supplied Mount • If mounting the unit without the supplied mount, mount the 5dBi ground antennas as far as possible from one another with a minimum distance of 5cm (2 in.) between them.
14. Connect any IP device to the Ethernet port. Data LED should be lit. Ethernet Port Power In Connector Figure 8: SkyHopper ONE Connectors Front View This page contains information which is protected by copyright and is proprietary to Mobilicom Ltd.
3.3 Ethernet Cable The SkyHopper unit is supplied with an RJ45 connector Ethernet cable. If you wish to use a cable other than that which is supplied, use a standard Ethernet cable in order to connect to the unit (or to relevant accessories).
PTP: Remote Unit is transmitting, Controller Unit is receiving ACTV Slow Blinking PTMP: GPS is online or 1 PPS signal is present Data Link is up (at least one unit is on the other side in both PTP Fast Blinking and PTMP networks) No Ethernet Connection...
GPS receptions are achievable. If you have attempted all of the above and are still experiencing problems with the functioning of your SkyHopper ONE Data Link, check out our Frequently Asked Questions by visiting our Support section at http://www.skyhopper.biz/skyhopper.
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