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Azalea Networks MSR2000 Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 Installation Guide MSR2000 Wireless Mesh Routers...
  • Page 2 Azalea Networks. All other trademarks and brand names are marks of their respective holders. Notice This Guideline is applicable for outdoor version of Azalea MSR2000, is not applicable for any indoor version and MSR1000 of Azalea networks. Azalea Networks reserves the right of any changes of this guideline due to improvement of system efficiency, performance or reliability of MSR2000 without any notice.
  • Page 3 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Standards and Regulations Bureau of Radio Management of P. R. China Installation Guide Wireless Broadband Anywhere Anytime...
  • Page 4 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Bureau of Radio Management of P. R. China is settled under the Ministry of Information Industry. All radio products and systems in China must be certified by it. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress.
  • Page 5 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Modifications to this product not authorized by Azalea Networks USA, Inc. could void the FCC approval and negate your authority to operate the product. To meet regulatory restrictions, the outdoor access point and external antennas must be professionally installed.
  • Page 6 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Japan VCCI Mark Japan's VCCI Mark (Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment) is administered by VCCI for information technology equipment (ITE) sold in Japan. VCCI requirements are EMC only and based entirely on CISPR 22. The VCCI Mark is voluntary, although most ITE equipment sold in Japan show the VCCI Mark.
  • Page 7 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Safety Warnings MSR2000 must be installed by trained professional installation technician. All below warning information must be read before installation. General Safety Warnings Always be aware of electrical power lines! You can be killed or injured if performing antenna installation near electrical power lines.
  • Page 8 The installation of 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 9 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide MR2000 would be located under sunlight. The solar shield which provided in Azalea standard package should be installed to outdoor MSR2000. The Azalea Warrantee policy does not cover those outdoor products which Solar shield is not installed for it.
  • Page 10 Azalea MSR2000 Installation Guide Limited Warranty Azalea Networks Co. Ltd will provide limited warranty services for MSR2000 products as: Limited warranty services will provide to Azalea contracted distributors or customers and warranty services agreement is signed as well. Azalea will provide one year warranty service if no other special agreement on warranty period.

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction......................3 MSR2000 Introduction....................3 MSR2000 Appearance and Interfaces .................4 Cables...........................4 1.1.1 Ethernet Interface ....................4 1.1.2 Console interface....................6 1.1.3 Power cable ......................7 2 Preparation of Installation...................9 Site Survey........................9 Site Survey Tools......................9 The principle of site survey ..................10 Site Survey........................10 1.1.4 Site location selection..................10...
  • Page 12 Adjustment of Antenna Azimuth and Downtilt.............17 Installation of Omni antenna..................18 4 Installation of MSR20000...................20 Assembling of bracket with solar shield..............21 MSR2000 installation....................23 1.1.9 Install MSR2000 on Pole..................23 1.1.10 Install MSR2000 on Wall..................24 1.1.11 Grounding of MSR2000..................24 5 Installation of lightning protector..............26 6 Installation of Feeder ..................27...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    1 Introduction 1.1 MSR2000 Introduction Azalea MSR2000 adopts technologies based on several patents or patents pending, and is the world’s leading wireless mesh router, which is appropriate for fast outdoor large-scale wireless coverage of high quality and low cost. Azalea MSR2000 can help customers have application improvement, adjustment and added value, anywhere anytime and on- demand, with everything just easy, efficient and economic.

  • Page 14: Msr2000 Appearance And Interfaces

    Ethernet Cable Interface Console Cable interface Power cable interface Radio Port 1 Radio port 2 And, there is grounding terminal for connection of grounding wire. 1.3 Cables 1.1.1 Ethernet Interface The black ethernet connector of MSR2000 is illustrated as the right graph:...
  • Page 15 Ethernet Cable: Ethernet cable has 8 pins of 8 different colors as white green, green, white orange, orange, white blue, blue, white brown, brown. Connection methods: White/green – 1 pin of 9 pins ethernet water protection connector Green – 7 pin of 9 pins ethernet water protection connector White/orange –...

  • Page 16: Console Interface

    1-white/orange, 2-orange, 3-white/green, 4-blue, 5-white/blue, 6-green, 7-white brown, 8-brown. 1.1.2 Console interface 1 ． The black connector is illustated as the right graph, which has 5 pins: Console line adopts 8 pins ethernet cable with 8 different colors as white green, green, white orange, orange, white blue, blue, white brown, brown.

  • Page 17: Power Cable

    colors pins are: white/orange, 2-white/green, white/orange, 4-green, 5- white/blue, 6-blue, 7-white/brown, 8-brown. Connection method of DB9 connector with ethernet cable are: Orange – 3 pin of DB9 connector White/Green – 2 pin of DB9 connector White/Blue – 5 pin of DB9 connector (If the connector is crystal, the connection is as: 1-white/orange, 2-orange,3 white/green, 4-blue, 5-white/blue, 6-green, 7-white/brown, 8-brown) 1.1.3 Power cable...
  • Page 18 Connection method of power connector with power cable is: Red – 2 pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection Black( or green) – 3 pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection White (or yellow) – 1 pin of 3 pin power cable with water protection...

  • Page 19: Preparation Of Installation

    Preparation of Installation 2.1 Site Survey Below chart shows general circle of mesh network deployment, and site surveyis is very important step in it to secure the solution works. All design aspects, such as site locations, site hunting, antenna height, antenna azimuth, antenna type, antenna downtilt degree, feeder length will be determined by site survey.

  • Page 20: The Principle Of Site Survey

    Spectrum Scanner Telescope （ Can be select ） Spectrum Analyzer 2.3 The principle of site survey The principles of site survey of MESH networks are as: Mesh No obstacle in 60% of the 1 fresnel zone. It will secure LOS in most area and the coverage capability is secured and number of sites could be saved.

  • Page 21: Detail Measurement Of Site Survey

    Site survey engineer should conduct detail measurements according the plan, the measurements and records include site location information, antenna selection, MSR2000 mounting position etc. Site survey report is suugested to prepared after all site survey works finished. Eye measurement: building information, terrain information Eye measurement is to verify there are any obstacle and reflection in wave propagation environment and terrain informing, such as building, trees, etc.

  • Page 22: Check Before Installation

    40 － 60mm; Grounding is prepared already; Check the distance between MSR2000 and Grounding point; The cabling is mounted on wall or ceiling; Special installation material or tools are needed or not.

  • Page 24: Installation Antenna

    3 Installation Antenna 1 ． Principles of height of antenna installation: The antennas height for a MSR2000 site could be different. It would be determined by the apace of installation, and some times it is because of network design; The antenna height for access could be 20meters in open and flat area of city.

  • Page 25: Installation Of Directional Antenna

    The down-tilt angle should be well designed, too high down-tilt will impact antenna beam form, and have the negative impact of coverage; design down-tilt antenna angle should consider output power, antenna height, target coverage area, radio environment, etc. should done after site survey.

  • Page 26: Installation Of Antenna

    connect antenna and antenna bracket tighting nuts Plese notic the adjustable bracket should installed in upper position, that are more felixible to adjust downtilt angles. 1.1.7 Installation of Antenna Tools: Spanners 1 ． The height f antenna must follow the requirement desgin documentation...

  • Page 27: Adjustment Of Antenna Azimuth And Downtilt

    1.1.8 Adjustment of Antenna Azimuth and Downtilt Tools needed: Spanner, Compass, Inclinometer. Adjusting azimuth: 1 ． To measure the azimuth by compass; 2 ． Compare the difference between the actual azimuth with design value; 3 ． Slightly adjust azimuth to design value; 4 ．...

  • Page 28: Installation Of Omni Antenna

    3.2 Installation of Omni antenna Tools: Adjustable Spanner Installation material package of omni antenna includes: Omni antenna: Installation bracket of omni antenna( 2 sets of fasten nuts included) The procedure of omni antenna installation is: 1 ． Mount the bracket to pole by one set of nuts, fasten the nuts by Spanner;...
  • Page 29 The installation should be done by experienced antenna installer. Power line and high electronic field must be avoided. Don’t stand on side of antenna of MSR2000 when MSR2000 is operating, there are strong electromagnetic field there when MSR2000 is operating.

  • Page 30: Installation Of Msr20000

    4 Installation of MSR20000 Material package of MSR2000 installation includes: MSR2000 1 MSR2000 1 Solar shield 1 Installation Bracket 2 pipe holders (mounted on pole) 4 expansion bolts ( mounted on wall) 9 set of nuts for solar shield and bracket ( one set is backup)

  • Page 31: Assembling Of Bracket With Solar Shield

    The procedure of assembling bracket with solar shield is as: 1 ． Connect bracket with solar shield by nuts; 2 ． Fasten nuts by Spanner; IF no solar shield, the temperature would be very high by sunlight. 3 ． Remove the 2 accessories of MSR2000 by Spanner;...
  • Page 32 4 ． Put MSR2000 into solar shield; 5 ． Connect MSR2000 with solar shield by nuts.

  • Page 33: Msr2000 Installation

    The procedure of installing MSR2000 on pole is: MSR2000: 1 ． Put pipe holder cross bracket; 2 ． Mount MSR2000 on pole; 3 ． Move MSR2000 to proper position; 4 ． Fix the MSR2000 by fasten pipe holder with screwdriver.

  • Page 34: Install Msr2000 On Wall

    5 ． Fasten nuts by Spanner. 1.1.11 Grounding of MSR2000 The grounding of MSR2000 is to protect MSR2000 not damaged by electrostatic, there are grounding terminal on the enclosure of MSR2000. Tools needed: Paper knife, Pliers, Crimping Pliers, and Cross Screwdriver.
  • Page 35 6 ． Daub butter on both side of grounding wire Grounding must not be skipped in the MSR2000 installation, and it must be finished before power on of MSR2000.The residence of grounding wire must be less than 5 ohm.

  • Page 36: Installation Of Lightning Protector

    5 Installation of lightning protector The lightning protector is to protect MSR2000 to avoid damage by burst high current by lightning. Lighting protector should be installed between radio port and antenna feeders, and be connected with lightning system of the building as well.

  • Page 37: Installation Of Feeder

    Daub butter on both side of grounding wire; 6 Installation of Feeder Feeder is used to connect antenna with MSR2000. The feeder must be as short as possible to get minimum loss of signal strength. If long feeder must to be used,...
  • Page 38 thicker feeder is recommended. The typical pass loss of 100 meters is listed in below table: Feeder type Cable loss for 2.4GHz Cable loss for 5.8GHz (dB/100m) (dB/dB/100m) 3/8” 18.8 31.7 1/2” 12.8 21.4 25.7 42.6 24.8 41.3 Tools needed for feeder installation: adjustable Spanner, paper knife, Diagonal Pliers.

  • Page 39: Installation Of Ethernet Cable

    6 ． Airproof the connectors by insulating tape and PVC insulating tape. 7 Installation of Ethernet cable Ethernet cable connects MSR2000 mesh network to line network, only gateway needs line connection. The performance of network cable should be less than100...

  • Page 40: Installation Of Power Cable

    MSR2000 use 110-220V AC as power, the power interface is on the left and upper position of MSR2000. The cabling of antenna cable is introduced in chapter 2.3. The installation of power cable is the last step of installation. ， paper knife...

  • Page 41: Whole Picture Of Installation

    Installation of power cable must be done by experienced power cable installer, and read the installation manual before installation. Be sure of installation of grounding is completed then power on MSR2000. 9 Whole picture of Installation Picture of actual site of completed installation:...
  • Page 42 All parts of installed site are illustrated as below graph:...

  • Page 43: Appendix

    Appendix 1． MSR2000 specifications 802.11a/b/g Dual radio Antenna changeable Power range: 110 ~ 250 VAC Power consumption: <7W Output power: 100mw(20dBm) ℃ Operating temperature: 45 ~ +55 ℃ Storage temperature: 50 ~ +85 Operating humidity: 10%~90% Wind Survivability: <165mph Weather rating: P67 Shock &...

  • Page 44: Frequency And Channel

    3．Frequency and Channel P. R. China Frequency: 2.400 -2.483GHz, 5.725 -5.85Ghz Channel:1 － 13 ， 149 － 165 The United States Frequency: 2.400 -2.483GHz, 5.15 -5.35Ghz, 5.725 -5.825Ghz Channel: 1-11, 36-64, 149-165 Europe Frequency: 2.400 -2.483GHz, 5.15 -5.35Ghz, 5.47 -5.725Ghz Channel: 1-11, 36-64, 94 －...

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