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Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide About This Document This document is a guidance of Nova-436 hardware installation for installation personnel, including the preparation of installation tools and supporting materials, the demands for installation environment, installation procedure, cable connection and power on.
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Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Table 2-1 Support Materials for Installing Base Station ..........8 Table 2-2 Environmental Requirements of the Base Station ........9 Table 4-1 Nova-436 Indicator Description ..............22...
1. Product Overview Introduction Baicells Nova-436 is a high performance outdoor 3.5GHz micro base station based on LTE TDD technology, which is developed by Baicells. The Nova-436 supports wired backhaul connections to backbone networks, and provides LTE access to user terminals, implemented voice and data service transmissions.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Appearance The Nova-436 base station appearance is shown in Figure 1-1. Figure 1-1 Nova-436 Appearance The Nova-436 interfaces and indicators are shown in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2 Nova-436 Interfaces and Indicators...
External antenna 3, N-female connector. Optical interface, connect to external transmission network, used for data backhaul. RJ-45 interface, used for debug or data backhaul. The Nova-436 interface indicators are described in Table 1-2. Table 1-2 Nova-436 Interface Indicators Identity Color...
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Item Description Synchronization GPS, 1588 V2 Backhaul 1 Optical (SFP) and 1 RJ-45 Ethernet interface (1 GE) MIMO DL 2 x 2 on each carrier Dimension 310mm(H) x 239 mm(W) x 105 mm(D)
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Item Description Support remote maintenance Support online status management Support performance statistics Support failure management Support configuration management Support local or remote software upgrading and loading Support log Support connectivity diagnosis Support automatic start and configuration...
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide 2. Installation Preparation Support Materials Prepare the following support materials accordingly, as given in Table 2-1. Table 2-1 Support Materials for Installing Base Station Item Description Power cable < AWG16 e.g. AWG14...
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Installation Environment 2.3.1 Locational Requirements Environments with high-temperatures, harmful gases, unstable voltages, volatile vibrations, loud noises, flames, explosives, and electromagnetic interference (large radar stations, transmitting stations, transformer substations) are not suitable for the operation of Nova-436, and thus should be avoided.
Rustproofing the terminals is required. This can be done with rust preventing paint, anti-oxidation coatings, grease, and so on. Weatherproof Protection The Nova-436 adopts cold shrink tube for weatherproof protection. Before installing the cold shrink tube, clean up the interface first. The weatherproof protection steps are as follows: Insert cable into cold shrink tube.
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Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Once unpacked, check whether the quantity are consistent with the packing list. Installation Procedure The installation procedure of Nova-436 is given in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 Installation Procedure of Nova-436 Install GPS Antenna Installation requirements on the GPS antenna: ...
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide devices. Avoid interference from other transmitting antennas to the GPS antennas. Should be installed within 45 degrees to the lightning rod. The GPS has been assembled before packing, the only installation step is to fix the GPS mounting bracket on the base station with the M4*14 screws, as shown in Figure 3-2.
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Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Caution: The arrow of the installation bracket must be upward. Hung the two pin on the base station bracket to the installation bracket, push the base station until the hook block to the base station’s bracket Tighten screws on the top of the bracket of the base station using cross screwdriver to complete the installation.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Install on Wall The wall must bear four times of the base station weight. Take apart the assembled installation bracket kit to get the installation bracket Fit the installation bracket on the wall, and mark the drilling locations.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide forbidden. The label should be paste after the cable laying. Optical fiber laying requirement: The circling and twisting is forbidden during the laying. The binding on the turning is forbidden.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Connect the optical fiber to OPT interface in the wiring cavity. Lay optical fibers along the wire groove, and stretch out the wiring cavity from OPT hole. The redundant fiber should wind neatly.
3.6.7 Connect Ground Cable Make the grounding cable according the actual situation of the installation site. The Nova-436 provides two grounding screws, which is located on the bottom of the base station, as shown in Figure 3-3. Figure 3-3 Location of Grounding Screws Unscrew one grounding screw, connect one end of the grounding cable to the grounding screw, and fasten it again.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide 35mm ~ 50mm. A typical case is to use the 50mm-diameter round-steel-made pole (with details depending on the specific antenna type). Make sure that the top of pole and the clamp beneath the antenna are at the same level, after installing the omnidirectional outdoor antenna on the pole.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Figure 3-5 Omnidirectional Antenna Installation (2) 3.7.2 Install Directional Antennas First, assemble the antennas, as shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 Assembling Procedure of Directional Antennas To install it on the iron tower, use a pulley to transport the antenna assembled to the platform on the iron tower, as shown in Figure 3-7.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide Figure 3-7 Transportation the Antennas in the Height Fix the pole vertically to the ground or concrete pillars on the rooftop using expansion screws, and fasten it with steel wires. Then, mount the directional outdoor antenna onto the pole using the installation rack, as shown in Figure 3-8.
Nova-436 Outdoor LTE TDD Base Station Installation Guide 4. Power On Power on the Nova-436, and the indicators will light up, as shown in Figure 4-1. Figure 4-1 LED Indicators The explanation of the indicator signal is given in Table 4-1.
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