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Quick Installation Instructions PTP 820E System Release 10.9...
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Accuracy While reasonable efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of this document, Cambium Networks assumes no liability resulting from any inaccuracies or omissions in this document, or from use of the information obtained herein. Cambium reserves the right to make changes to any products described herein to improve reliability, function, or design, and reserves the right to revise this document and to make changes from time to time in content hereof with no obligation to notify any person of revisions or changes.
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Introduction This guide provides basic instructions for setting up and configuring a PTP 820E 1+0 link. For more detailed instructions: • Installation Guide for PTP 820E – Detailed instructions for hardware assembly of all supported PTP 820E link types. •...
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Pole Mount Assembly and Installation Note Do not remove the transparent pressure window located on the antenna interface. For vertical For horizontal polarization, locate polarization, locate the twist with the the twist with the letter “V” at 3 letter “H” at 3 o’clock and fasten o’clock and fasten the two screws.
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Mount the PTP 820E on the antenna using the four M8 captive screws and washers that are supplied, assembled, in the PTP 820E, and tighten the screws. When tightening the captive screws, use 20 Nm torque. In order to avoid misalignment, screws should be tightened progressively.
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Cabling To connect an optical Ethernet cable and SFP: Page 7 of 16...
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To connect an electrical Ethernet cable: To connect a DC power cable: Page 8 of 16...
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Cable Grounding • No grounding is required for optical (SFP) cables. • External shielded CAT5E cable should be grounded to the antenna tower at the top (next to the PTP 820 unit) and the bottom of the external run and every 50m using the kit CAT5E_gnd_kit. Page 9 of 16...
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Installing and Connecting a PoE Injector To mount a PoE Injector on the wall: Mount and tighten the PoE Injector to a Drill two 6mm diameter wall using two M6 bolts and anchors. holes with 100mm Use Anchor Stainless Steel with between the center of the flanged Hexagonal nut M6X70.
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19" rack adaptor To connect the PoE Injector cables: using four M6 screws. • The total length of the cable between the PTP 820E port and the Switch/Router the device is connected to Mount the PoE Injector on the adaptor through should not exceed 100m/328ft.
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Any outdoor antenna cable shield shall be permanently connected to protective earth in a building installation. Connecting to the Unit: Connect your laptops LAN port to the MGT port on the PTP 820E. Configure an IP address on the laptop within the same subnet as the PTP 820E unit.
Changing the Default IP Address Select Platform > Management > Networking > Local. The Local Networking Configuration page opens. Select IPv4 or IPv6. The unit will use the selected protocol when initiating communications. Description of unit (optional) You can enter an IP address in IPv4 format (use the IP address field) or IPv6 format (use the IPv6 Address field).
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Installing the Activation Key New PTP 820E units are delivered with a default activation key that enables you to manage and configure the unit. Additional feature and capacity support requires you to enter an activation key cipher in the Activation Key Configuration page.
Configuring the Link The Web EMS provides wizards to configure radio links. The wizards guide you through configuration of the basic radio parameters and services necessary to establish a working pipe link. To configure a 1+0 link using the Quick Configuration wizard, select Quick Configuration > PIPE > Single Carrier > 1+0. Page 1 of the 1+0 Quick Configuration wizard opens.
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Link Verification Verify that the Received Signal Level (RSL) is up to +/- 4 dB from the expected (calculated) level at both ends of the link. You can measure the RSL at the BNC port indicated in the figure to the left. The voltage at the BNC port is 1.XX where XX is the RSL level.
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