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  • Page 1 Installation Manual...
  • Page 3 WARNING! This equipment generates, uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used as designed and intended, may cause interference to radio communications. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B computing device. This equipment has been designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in residential, light industrial, and commercial environments.
  • Page 4 35m (115ft). Link deployment conditions must be reviewed to ensure the use of optical aids within the 35m zone is not a reasonably foreseeable event. NOTE: The alignment telescope provided by fSONA has a special spectral filter to allow safe operation.
  • Page 5 The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change with out notice, and should not be construed whatsoever as a commitment by fSONA Networks Corp. fSONA Networks Corp. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents About This Manual ................1 How this Manual is Organized Conventions Used in this Manual Safety First! Installation Quick Sheet Product Labeling About Your SONAbeam Terminal ............5 Preparing Your Installation Site ............7 Locating Your SONAbeam Terminals Site Safety Site Accessibility Site Security...
  • Page 8 Contents DC Power Source AC Power Source SONAbeam Safety Certification Power Over Ethernet SONAbeam Fiber Requirements Customer Interface Box Additional Considerations Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal ..........23 The Product Package Optional Accessories Unpacking the Optical Head Unpacking your Installation Kit Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal ..........
  • Page 9 Contents Terminal Management Connections Terminal Mgmt RS232 Interface Strain Relief for your Interface Cabling Connections at the Customer Interface Box Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration ........47 SONAbeam Utilities CD SONAbeam Terminal Controller Software Connecting a PC to your SONAbeam Terminal USB Connection RJ45 Serial Adapter SONAbeam Terminal Power Up...
  • Page 10 Contents Stage 2 – Finding your FSO Signal Stage 3 – Fine Tuning your Alignment Received Signal Strength Guide Stage 4 – Locking your Final Alignment Completing the Installation Deploying Your SONAbeam Link............73 Putting SONAbeam Link to Work System Problems ................75 wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 11: About This Manual

    About This Manual About This Manual This manual is designed for system integrators and installers of fSONA’s SONAbeam optical communications terminal to help plan, install and commission robust, very high speed wireless optical communications links. How this Manual is Organized This manual covers a wide scope of material from initial planning and site surveying, through installing and commissioning high speed, wireless optical communications links.

  • Page 12: Conventions Used In This Manual

    About This Manual Conventions Used in this Manual Throughout this manual, certain items of particular importance will be presented in the following formats: NOTE… This format offers useful or advisory information to help make your installation a success… WARNING! This format warns of safety related issues as well as practices and situations that need to be avoided…...

  • Page 13: Product Labeling

    About This Manual Product Labeling The SONAbeam terminal is labeled with the following symbols: WARNING: Electrical Hazard – Dangerous high voltage is present inside that could result in injury or death to personnel… CAUTION: Damage to the equipment or Injury to the operator may occur if procedures are not followed…...
  • Page 14 About This Manual wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 15: About Your Sonabeam Terminal

    50 meters (100 feet) to as far away as several kilometers in clear-air conditions, depending on the model deployed. Designed to accept a variety of user- specified interface and power supply modules, your SONAbeam E Series terminals can be used accommodate a variety of data and video transport needs.
  • Page 16 While the configuration setup and alignment stage does require some special equipment and fSONA software, the step-by-step procedures provided by this manual will help you to successfully and quickly complete this task. SONAbeam Optical Head...

  • Page 17: Preparing Your Installation Site

    Preparing Your Installation Site Preparing Your Installation Site Selecting and preparing your installation sites is a very important part of your overall installation plan. Before you can begin to install a SONAbeam terminal, there are certain prerequisite milestones that need to be achieved. This section provides you with information on the following pre-installation operations: Planning locations for each SONAbeam terminal and its associated Customer Interface Box…...

  • Page 18: Site Safety

    Preparing Your Installation Site Site Safety Throughout the site planning and preparation stages of your installation, always consider the safety aspects of your decisions, namely: people will need to safely occupy and work within your planned installation locations under all types of weather conditions. Consider all hazards in the vicinity of your planned installation location that could cause an individual to trip and/or fall.

  • Page 19: Site Stability

    Preparing Your Installation Site Site Stability The surface stability of your mounting location is an important factor. Building thermal expansion and/or surface vibrations can lead to a degradation of the performance of a SONAbeam terminal. Locating your SONAbeam terminals as close as possible to a supporting wall or the edge of a building’s rooftop and as far away from such equipment as rooftop HVAC units will often prove most effective.

  • Page 20: Line Of Sight Clarity

    Preparing Your Installation Site NOTE… Providing a dedicated branch circuit for your power feed can eliminate scores of disruptive problems once the SONAbeam terminals are commissioned… Know the location of any associated switches and/or breakers… To improve system reliability and electromagnetic compatibility, it is strongly recommended to provide a low impedance ground conductor between the mounting mast and a grounded building structure…...

  • Page 21: Terminal Mounting Options

    The design, fabrication and erection of the mounting mast are all tailored to your specific installation site(s) and these operations are left to the responsible equipment installers. This section illustrates a variety of mounting ideas along with two, ‘off-the-shelf’ mounting options available from fSONA Networks.. ROOF TOP MOUNTING: CAP turns any hollow pole into a mount for –E or --Z...
  • Page 22 Preparing Your Installation Site For example, some actual mounts: Figure 3 – Typical SONAbeam Mounting Mast Designs wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 23: Pole/Wall Mount

    A 6AWG insulated, stranded ground wire, no longer than 25’ in length is recommended. NOTE… Contact your local fSONA representative for assistance in deploying suitable mounting masts. Refer to specific application notes for tower installations and more information on rooftop installations. These application notes are available from...

  • Page 24: Pedestal Mount

    Preparing Your Installation Site Pedestal Mount The optional Pedestal Mount is designed for mounting a SONAbeam terminal approximately 600mm (2ft) above any level, hard, flat and stable surface. With suitable anchors for the base surface, the bolt- on Pedestal Mount offers economical rapid deployment of a versatile terminal platform.
  • Page 25 Preparing Your Installation Site WARNING! When mounting your terminal on a wall, be sure to allow for space BEHIND the terminal for installation and alignment, as illustrated here. wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 26: Sonabeam Power Requirements

    Preparing Your Installation Site SONAbeam Power Requirements SONAbeam E – Series terminals are factory configured to operate from either 90 – 240VAC or a SELV (Secondary Extra Low Voltage) -48VDC power source. An earthed, power system is required in which connection to the earthing electrode is located at the source and separate earthed and protective earthed conductors are provided throughout the system.

  • Page 27: Dc Power Source

    Preparing Your Installation Site DC Power Source When using a DC Power Source, it is best to provide a dedicated, overload protected branch circuit to your Customer Interface Box, as shown in Figure 4. Customer Interface -48 VDC Power to SONAbeam 48 VDC Earthed Conductor Protective Earth Conductor...

  • Page 28: Sonabeam Safety Certification

    Preparing Your Installation Site SONAbeam Safety Certification To retain the safety certifications of your SONAbeam terminals, the power system installed for your terminals must provide short circuit protection and a suitable power disconnect device: Circuit Protection A fuse or circuit breaker suitable for branch circuit protection MUST be provided in the building installation.

  • Page 29: Power Over Ethernet

    Preparing Your Installation Site Power Over Ethernet When your terminal is DC powered, you may optionally employ Power Over Ethernet (POE) to power your terminals. The POE option allows you to run a single CAT 6 cable from your server room to your SONAbeam terminal to provide BOTH terminal power and Ethernet terminal management.

  • Page 30: Sonabeam Fiber Requirements

    -18 dBm (min) -3 dBm (max) COPPER: 10-0058A (1250-E) Description: 1000-BaseT, RJ45 terminated, copper 10-0082A (155-E) Description: 100-BaseT, RJ45 terminated, copper WARNING! When providing your own SFP transceiver, verify its product compatibility with fSONA Networks. wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 31: Customer Interface Box

    Preparing Your Installation Site Customer Interface Box Your Customer Interface Box is intended to provide installable connectivity between your SONAbeam terminal and your network, power and terminal management interfaces. For rooftop installations, while arguably convenient, in some special cases you may choose to omit this intermediary junction box and run your terminal interfaces –...
  • Page 32 Preparing Your Installation Site NOTE… While your SONAbeam terminal can be ordered with an interface for either single- mode or multi-mode fiber optic cables, but note that there are fiber transmit and receive power limitations for proper network performance. (See the latest SONAbeam E-Series fiber interface specification datasheets for more information)…...

  • Page 33: Unpacking Your Sonabeam Terminal

    Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal While unpacking your SONAbeam terminals from their shipping boxes, an inventory should be taken to ensure that all of the necessary components are included for your installation. This section provides information on the component parts that comprise each terminal. WARNING! SONAbeam terminals are precision optical devices and therefore require careful handling…...
  • Page 34 1 – SONAbeam E-Series Installation QUICKSHEET 1 – SONAbeam Utilities Software CD WARNING! If any of these items are missing or damaged, immediately notify your fSONA representative! Confirm a complete inventory before commencing your installation! wireless at the speed of light...

  • Page 35: Optional Accessories

    Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal Optional Accessories The following optional accessories are available from fSONA to help with the success of your FSO installation: (OPTIONAL) Terminal Mounts The Pole/Wall Mount and the Pedestal Mount both provide a ready-made platform on which to mount and align your SONAbeam terminals.
  • Page 36 Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal (OPTIONAL) Customer Interface Kit The Customer Interface Kit – fSONA Part No. 80-0168A – provides the material required to interface your terminal’s power and communications to your (suitably located, installer provided) Customer Interface Box: 1 – 2.25m 1” Liquid-Tight flexible conduit 1 –...

  • Page 37: Unpacking The Optical Head

    Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal Unpacking the Optical Head The optical head is shipped in a special, three-piece, protective box system. To unpack the optical head: Place the box, top face up, on a stable surface… Open the box from the top and carefully pull out the upper retainer, as shown in Figure 6…...
  • Page 38 Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminal wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 39: Installing Your Sonabeam Terminal

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal The physical installation of SONAbeam terminals is a simple and straightforward procedure when conducted by qualified personnel in accordance with the procedures described in this manual. This section provides the following step-by-step procedures: Installing the Mounting Assembly…...

  • Page 40: Required Tools And Accessories

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Required Tools and Accessories In order to install your SONAbeam terminals, your toolbox should include the following: 3/4” (or 19mm) wrench – to affix the SONAbeam to its mount… 5mm Allen wrench (included in the optional Basic Alignment Kit) – to secure the terminal to its mounting assembly, to remove/replace the cover to the Customer Interface Area and to make alignment adjustments…...
  • Page 41 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal NOTE… If the mount is to be located near the top of your mast and no obstruction(s) offer resistance, you might consider loosely assembling the U-bolts and associated hardware to the mount and then handling that assembly over the top of the mast sliding the mount down the mast to its prescribed location…...

  • Page 42: Installing The (Optional) Pedestal Mount

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Installing the (Optional) Pedestal Mount The optional Pedestal Mount provides a stable, all- weather, surface-mounted platform for the SONAbeam E- Series terminal. With suitable installer-provided anchors installed in your base surface, the Pedestal Mount bolts in place for rapid FSO deployment.

  • Page 43: Customer Interface Connections

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Place the Locking Plate, the ½ “flat washer, the ½ “lock washer and the ½”-13 UNC nut onto the mounting plate, as shown in Figure 9… NOTE… The Locking Plate must be oriented concave-side DOWN… Tighten the nut just to the point where the mounting plate not longer swivels on the Mount and then back off to the point where the mounting plate will swivel.

  • Page 44: Optional Customer Cabling Kit

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Optional Customer Cabling Kit An optional E-Series Cabling Kit is available from fSONA, which provides all of the components necessary to interface a SONAbeam to a suitably located Customer Interface Box. This optional kit includes: ONE – 2.3m length of 1” Liquid-Tight flexible conduit, with 1” conduit connector kit…...
  • Page 45 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Carefully remove the cover and let it hang from the optical head on the attached tether cable. WARNING! The SONAbeam Customer Interface Compartment includes a special gasket for weatherproofing and EMI control. DO NOT damage this gasket! While the installer provides the 1”...
  • Page 46 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Slip the retaining nut and nylon seal over the end of the conduit and carefully and firmly screw the ferrule into the conduit end until it is fully seated, as shown in Figure 11… Carefully route the required fiber optic, power and management cable(s) through the Interface Conduit.
  • Page 47 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Your installation should now resemble that illustrated in Figure 12. Figure 12 – The Attached Interface Conduit wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 48: E-Series Customer Interfaces

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal E-Series Customer Interfaces Your SONAbeam E-Series terminal provides the following customer interfaces: DVM terminals for alignment Terminal Status LEDs Terminal Management port – Terminal Management port – RS232 Ethernet Terminal Power Circuit Terminal Management port – USB Breaker/Switch Network Traffic SFP Terminal Power Input...

  • Page 49: Power Connections

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Power Connections The SONAbeam E-Series terminal receives power at its Power Terminal Strip located in the Customer Interface Area. Terminating your power cable entails preparing the end of the power cable, opening the cover to access the power terminals, cinching each wire in the power cable to its appropriate power terminal and replacing the cover.
  • Page 50 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal SONAbeam Power Connections: The following table provides a guide to assigning standard power cable wire colours to associated power terminals: Type I cable: DC Power Connections AC Power Connections Wire Colour GREEN GROUND GROUND WHITE Neutral (Line) BLACK -48 V Line...

  • Page 51: Network Communications Cables

    Your SONAbeam terminal interfaces your network traffic via an industry standard small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver. An assortment of interface SFP transceivers is available as factory-installed options from fSONA Networks or you can provide your own. Installing Your Own SFP Transceiver...
  • Page 52 Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Fiber Optic Cables NOTE… The fiber optic cables and their mating couplers are typically shipped with protective caps to safeguard these sensitive components. These must be removed just prior to mating the fiber optic cables to the SFP transceiver… WARNING! Be careful not to scratch the ends of the fiber cables where they protrude from the fibre connectors!

  • Page 53: Terminal Management Connections

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Terminal Management Connections Your SONAbeam terminal provides three Terminal Management Ports: Serial (RS232), USB and Ethernet, as shown in Figure 15. Serial (RS232) Terminal Management Port USB Terminal Management Port Ethernet (LAN) Terminal Management Port Figure 15 – Completed Customer Interface (with all MGMT connections) wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 54: Terminal Mgmt Rs232 Interface

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Terminal Mgmt RS232 Interface Your SONAbeam terminal supports a simple (RS232) serial interface to a PC’s COM port for terminal monitoring and management. The connection between the SONAbeam terminal and your PC is a standard, 3-wire ( ) RS232-serial interface TX –...

  • Page 55: Strain Relief For Your Interface Cabling

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Strain Relief for your Interface Cabling In order to preserve the electrical safety rating of your SONAbeam terminal, the bundle of interface cabling entering the terminal’s Customer Interface Area must include a strain relief against someone pulling on one or more of these interface cables at the other end of the interfacing conduit.

  • Page 56: Connections At The Customer Interface Box

    Installing Your SONAbeam Terminal Connections at the Customer Interface Box At your Customer Interface Box, connect the fiber optic cables to their appropriate network connectors. The fiber optic cables connect to the network as follows: Cable Designated Connection Network traffic TO your network FROM the other SONAbeam terminal…...

  • Page 57: Initial Power Up And Terminal Configuration

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration With the SONAbeam terminal’s components installed and wired, you are ready to power up and initialize the terminal and then proceed to align it with the terminal at the other end of the communication link.

  • Page 58: Sonabeam Utilities Cd

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration WARNING! BEFORE CONNECTING THIS TERMINAL TO YOUR LAN! This terminal is shipped from the factory with the following IP settings: IP Address 192.168.55.161 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.55.254 To avoid a conflict with another device on your LAN, you should adjust your terminal’s IP settings using a serial connection prior to attaching the terminal to your network.

  • Page 59: Connecting A Pc To Your Sonabeam Terminal

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration NOTE… Refer to the SONAbeam Terminal Controller Software User Guide for information on installing and using the software on your computer… Connecting a PC to your SONAbeam Terminal A temporary setup connection between your PC w/STC and the SONAbeam is made through a simple serial or USB interface, as illustrated in Figure 18.

  • Page 60: Rj45 Serial Adapter

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration RJ45 Serial Adapter To facilitate the connection of the SONAbeam to your PC, a serial cable adapter is included as part of the optional Basic Alignment Kit. This adapter provides a Null Modem interface as well as adapting the computer’s serial port – typically a DB-9 type connector –...

  • Page 61: Verifying Initial Power Up Operation

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration Verifying Initial Power Up Operation The E-Series terminal offers you a number of indicator LED’s in the Customer Interface Area to convey the operational status of your terminal. These operational indicators are described below. Figure 20 –...

  • Page 62: Verifying Power Up Operation With Stc

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration Verifying Power Up Operation with STC To verify that your SONAbeam is in fact powered up and functioning, use your PC with the SONAbeam Terminal Controller (STC) software. Following the instructions found in the section: Setting Up a New SONAbeam Terminal/Link in the STC User’s Guide, connect to the SONAbeam and verify that the terminal reports itself as ready-to-go, as shown...

  • Page 63: Initial Configuration Wizard

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration Initial Configuration Wizard The STC software provides a self-starting that sets up Initial Configuration Wizard your new terminal for immediate deployment: (See the SONAbeam Terminal Controller Software User’s Guide for more information.) 1 – Terminal identification… 2 –...

  • Page 64: Sonabeam Diagnostics

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration SONAbeam Diagnostics After completing initial Configuration Wizard, view the STC’s screen, which reports your Diagnostics terminal operating parameters, to finalize the initial power-up verification process. Figure 22 – SONAbeam Terminal Controller – Diagnostics Window NOTE…...

  • Page 65: Network Connection For Alignment

    Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration Network Connection for Alignment An input network signal is required to align your FSO link. With your Data Rate set in the previous section and live network traffic connected, both your terminal status LED and STC should indicate Input Signal wireless at the speed of light …………….
  • Page 66 Initial Power Up and Terminal Configuration wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 67: Aligning Your Sonabeam Terminals

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals The alignment of your SONAbeam terminals is crucial to achieving optimal performance with your link. The procedure to achieve alignment entails a systematic ‘search’ for an optical signal from the associated (remote) terminal. Both terminals in a link must be aligned in concert with each other.

  • Page 68: Alignment Adjustments

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals WARNING! Ensure that no one stands directly in front of either SONAbeam terminal while aligning them! To do so may interfere with the optical communications between the two terminals… Alignment Adjustments The Mounting Plate is equipped with both coarse and precise tuning controls for elevation and azimuth alignment for adjusting the combined transmit and receive axis of the mounted optical head.

  • Page 69: Coarse Elevation Control

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Coarse Elevation Control Coarse elevation adjustment is provided by the terminal’s mounting plate, as shown in Figure 25. Using a 5mm Allen wrench, loosen the four screws (two on each side) to the point were you can pivot the optical head on the rear screws for positive elevation, or pivot the optical head on the front screws for negative elevation adjustment.

  • Page 70: Fine Azimuth & Elevation Tuning

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Fine Azimuth & Elevation Tuning Fine-tuning of the terminal’s azimuth and elevation alignment is controlled by the four- point alignment yoke and steering block located at the rear of the terminal’s mounting plate, as shown in Figure 26. In combination with a tensioning spring in the mounting plate, the two tuning screws provide precise alignment tuning, while the associated locking screws lock in your adjustment when alignment is completed.

  • Page 71: Stage 1 - Visual Alignment

    50 meters (170 feet)! NOTE… The Alignment Telescope provided by fSONA is altered with a special spectral filter that lets you safely view a SONAbeam terminal. The visual alignment stage is meant to get your alignment close enough to be able to use the alignment tuning controls for the next stage.
  • Page 72 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Centre the alignment steering block, as shown in Figure 26. Using the terminal’s coarse azimuth and elevation controls, manually point each optical head in the general direction of its associated terminal at the other side of your link.

  • Page 73: Stage 2 - Finding Your Fso Signal

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Stage 2 – Finding your FSO Signal With BOTH associated SONAbeam terminals visually aimed at each other, you are now ready to commence the process of precisely aligning both terminals using a measurement of the terminal’s received optical power. To accomplish this operation, you will need the following for EACH SONAbeam terminal: A local notebook computer with SONAbeam Terminal Controller (STC) software attached to the SONAbeam’s...
  • Page 74 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Terminate the network connections on both SONAbeam terminals through a loop connection or with a live network connection… Power up both SONAbeam terminals… If you are using STC, power up both notebook computers and launch their STC software programs…...
  • Page 75 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Working with ONE SONAbeam terminal at a time, and referring to Figure 30, proceed to align your link as follows: 8 turns 1 turn 1 turn 5 turns 1 turn 1 turn 1 turn 1 turn 1 turn 1 Turn Elevation Increments Figure 30 –...

  • Page 76: Stage 3 - Fine Tuning Your Alignment

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Once you have adjusted for maximum Rx Power, stop and have the other side perform Steps 7 – 10 while you report the observed Rx Power to the other installer in real time. If a signal still cannot be found, re-centre the steering blocks on BOTH terminals to their original starting positions and repeat this whole procedure but starting at the OTHER side first..
  • Page 77 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals WARNING! Avoid saturating your FSO receivers when aligning your terminals! If your E Series terminal reports an STC Rx Power approaching 1000µW (or 0dBm) or a voltmeter reading approaching 10V, STOP! Then, using STC (or CLI), reduce the opposing terminal’s laser power level so that your RX Power reports around 1/2 or 1/3 of that value before continuing with the fine tuning of your terminal alignment.

  • Page 78: Received Signal Strength Guide

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Received Signal Strength Guide The following tables are offered to assist you in gauging when your terminal alignment is optimal. This information is to be used ONLY as a guide, as daily conditions at your installation site can affect the received power levels for your particular link. Still, the information from this table can prove helpful when aligning your SONAbeam link.

  • Page 79: Stage 4 - Locking Your Final Alignment

    25%. After releasing the force, the signal should return to approximately its original value. Ask your fSONA representative for a copy of APPNOTE-95-0227, which documents a simple procedure that you can perform to quantify the stability of your terminal mount.

  • Page 80: Completing The Installation

    Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals Completing the Installation Completing your installation entails any or all of the following: Removing the alignment telescopes. NOTE… Take proper care of your Alignment Tool Kits and they will serve you well for many installations… Setup your terminals for maximum power: If your terminals are both set to maximum (14), nothing further Power Level...
  • Page 81 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals WARNING! When replacing the cover to the Customer Interface Area, ensure the cover’s gasket is properly seated in the terminal’s housing and be careful not to pinch any of your interfacing cabling! Sequentially tighten each of the cover screws one turn at a time to ensure the cover sits true to the housing…...
  • Page 82 Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 83: Deploying Your Sonabeam Link

    Deploying Your SONAbeam Link Deploying Your SONAbeam Link After installing and aligning your SONAbeam terminals, all that remains is the actual deployment of your optical SONAbeam link. After removing the test equipment attached to each SONAbeam for its alignment and replacing the covers to the Customer Interface Compartment and any applicable Customer Interface Boxes, this final operation can be simply described as plug ‘n play, wherein the fiber optic connections to your SONAbeams at both sides are terminated to their appropriate network ports and data...
  • Page 84 Deploying Your SONAbeam Link wireless at the speed of light …………….

  • Page 85: System Problems

    Terminal power switched ON Check your power source. User LED’s flash Check your power wiring. System Ready Call fSONA Customer Service LED flashes? Check your serial/USB connection. STC will Restart your STC software. connect? Check your STC’s Select Terminal choice.
  • Page 86 System Problems Check your OTHER terminal’s Laser Power. Rx Pwr OK? Check your alignment. Check for link obstructions. FSO Lock Check your terminal’s configured Data Rate. Check for F/O Tx/Rx connections backwards. Your Network Check your F/O power levels. Link OK? Check your system’s configured Data Rate.
  • Page 87 Customer Service Contact Information Telephone: 604.273.6333 Fax: 604.278.6340 Web: www.fSONA.com Email: customerservice@fSONA.com...

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