User's Guide Part 1
Table Of Contents
- Cambium PTP 700 Series User Guide
 - Contents
 - About This User Guide
- Contacting Cambium Networks
 - Purpose
 - Cross references
 - Feedback
 - Important regulatory information
- Radar avoidance
 - USA and Canada specific information
 - Renseignements specifiques aux USA et au Canada
 - EU Declaration of Conformity
 - Application firmware
 - Specific expertise and training for professional installers
 - Avoidance of weather radars
 - External antennas
 - Antennas externes
 - Ethernet networking skills
 - Lightning protection
 - Training
 
 - Problems and warranty
 - Security advice
 - Warnings, cautions, and notes
 - Caring for the environment
 
 - Chapter 1: Product description
- Overview of the PTP 700 Series
 - Wireless operation
 - Ethernet bridging
 - TDM bridging
 - System management
 - FIPS 140-2 mode
 
 - Chapter 2: System hardware
- Outdoor unit (ODU)
 - Power supply units (PSU)
 - Antennas and antenna cabling
 - Ethernet cabling
 - PTP-SYNC unit
 - GPS receiver
 - Network indoor unit (NIDU)
 
 - Chapter 3: System planning
- Typical deployment
 - Site planning
- Grounding and lightning protection
 - Lightning protection zones
 - Site grounding system
 - ODU and external antenna location
 - ODU ambient temperature limits
 - ODU wind loading
 - Hazardous locations
 - PSU DC power supply
 - PSU location
 - PTP-SYNC location
 - GPS receiver location
 - NIDU location
 - Drop cable grounding points
 - LPU location
 - Multiple LPUs
 
 - Radio spectrum planning
 - Link planning
 - Planning for connectorized units
 - Configuration options for TDD synchronization
 - Data network planning
 - TDM network planning
 - Network management planning
 - Security planning
 - System threshold, output power and link loss
 - Data throughput capacity tables
 
 - Chapter 4: Legal and regulatory information
- Cambium Networks end user license agreement
- Definitions
 - Acceptance of this agreement
 - Grant of license
 - Conditions of use
 - Title and restrictions
 - Confidentiality
 - Right to use Cambium’s name
 - Transfer
 - Updates
 - Maintenance
 - Disclaimer
 - Limitation of liability
 - U.S. government
 - Term of license
 - Governing law
 - Assignment
 - Survival of provisions
 - Entire agreement
 - Third party software
 
 - Compliance with safety standards
 - Compliance with radio regulations
- Type approvals
 - FCC/IC compliance
- FCC product labels
 - Industry Canada product labels
 - 4.9 GHz FCC and IC notification
 - Utilisation de la bande 4.9 GHz FCC et IC
 - 5.1 GHz FCC notification
 - 5.2 GHz and 5.4 GHz FCC and IC notification
 - Utilisation de la bande 5.4 GHz FCC et IC
 - 5.8 GHz FCC notification
 - 5.8 GHz IC notification
 - 5.1 GHz band edge channel power reduction
 - 5.2 GHz band edge channel power reduction
 - 5.4 GHz band edge channel power reduction
 - Réduction de puissance aux bords de la bande 5.4 GHz
 - 5.8 GHz band edge channel power reduction
 - Réduction de puissance aux bords de la bande 5.8 GHz
 - Selection of antennas
 
 - European Union compliance
 
 
 - Cambium Networks end user license agreement
 
Contents   
NIDU specifications ................................................................................................................... 2-52 
Chapter 3:
System planning ........................................................................................................... 3-1
Typical deployment ........................................................................................................................... 3-2 
ODU with POE interface to PSU ................................................................................................. 3-2 
E1 or T1 interfaces ....................................................................................................................... 3-4 
SFP and Aux Ethernet interfaces ............................................................................................... 3-6 
GPS receiver interfaces............................................................................................................... 3-9 
Site planning..................................................................................................................................... 3-11 
Grounding and lightning protection ........................................................................................ 3-11 
Lightning protection zones ....................................................................................................... 3-11 
Site grounding system.............................................................................................................. 3-12 
ODU and external antenna location ........................................................................................ 3-13 
ODU ambient temperature limits ............................................................................................ 3-13 
ODU wind loading ..................................................................................................................... 3-14 
Hazardous locations .................................................................................................................. 3-15 
PSU DC power supply............................................................................................................... 3-15 
PSU location .............................................................................................................................. 3-16 
PTP-SYNC location .................................................................................................................... 3-16 
GPS receiver location................................................................................................................ 3-16 
NIDU location ............................................................................................................................ 3-17 
Drop cable grounding points ................................................................................................... 3-17 
LPU location ............................................................................................................................... 3-18 
Multiple LPUs ............................................................................................................................ 3-18 
Radio spectrum planning ................................................................................................................ 3-21 
General wireless specifications ............................................................................................... 3-21 
Regulatory limits ....................................................................................................................... 3-22 
Conforming to the limits........................................................................................................... 3-22 
Available spectrum ................................................................................................................... 3-23 
Channel bandwidth ................................................................................................................... 3-23 
Frequency selection .................................................................................................................. 3-23 
Avoidance of weather radars (USA only) ............................................................................... 3-24 
Link planning .................................................................................................................................... 3-25 
LINKPlanner ............................................................................................................................... 3-25 
Range and obstacles ................................................................................................................. 3-25 
LINKPlanner for synchronized networks ................................................................................. 3-26 
Path loss ..................................................................................................................................... 3-26 
Adaptive modulation ................................................................................................................ 3-26 
Calculating data rate capacity .................................................................................................. 3-27 
Planning for connectorized units .................................................................................................... 3-29 
When to install connectorized units ........................................................................................ 3-29 
Choosing external antennas .................................................................................................... 3-29 
Calculating RF cable length (5.8 GHz FCC only) ..................................................................... 3-30 
Configuration options for TDD synchronization ........................................................................... 3-31 
Single link configuration with PTP-SYNC ............................................................................... 3-32 
Cluster with PTP-SYNC and GPS receiver .............................................................................. 3-33 
Cluster with PTP-SYNC and no GPS receiver ......................................................................... 3-34 
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