Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Outdoor Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
- Preface
- Objectives
- Audience
- Organization
- Conventions
- Related Documents
- Finding the Product Serial Number
- Obtaining Documentation, Support, and Security Guidelines
- About the 1560 Access Point
- Hardware Models
- Hardware Features
- Network Deployment Examples
- Unpacking the Access Point
- Tools and Hardware
- Safety Warnings
- Before Beginning the Installation
- Becoming Familiar with Access Point Installation Components
- Mounting the Access Point
- AP Mounting Options
- Access Point Mounting Orientation
- Wall Mounting the Access Point with AIR-ACC1530-PMK1= Mounting Kit
- Wall Mounting the Access Point with AIR-ACC1560-PMK1= Mounting Kit
- Pole Mounting the Access Point with the AIR-ACC1530-PMK1= Kit
- Pole Mounting the Access Point with the AIR-ACC1560-PMK2= Kit
- Wall Mounting the Access Point with the Pivoting Mounting Kit
- Pole Mounting the Access Point with the Pivoting Mounting Kit
- Horizontally Mounting the Access Point with Optional Horizontal Mount Plate
- Installing AP Cover AIR-ACC1560-CVR=
- Installing Antennas
- Grounding the Access Point
- Powering the Access Point
- Connecting a Fiber-optic Cable to the AP
- Configuring the Access Point
- What to Do Next
- Guidelines for Using the Access Points
- Important Notes
- Controller MAC Filter List
- Using DHCP Option 43
- Monitoring the Access Point LEDs
- Verifying Controller Association
- Changing the Bridge Group Name
- Accessing the Console Port and the Reset Button
- Manufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement
- Industry Canada
- Declaration of Conformity for RF Exposure
- European Community, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein
- Declaration of Conformity with regard to the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC & Medical Directive 93/42/EEC
- Declaration of Conformity for RF Exposure
- Guidelines for Operating Cisco Aironet Access Points in Japan
- Administrative Rules for Cisco Aironet Access Points in Taiwan
- Operation of Cisco Aironet Access Points in Brazil
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Chapter 2 Installing the Access Point
Installing Antennas
3. Contact your electric power company. Tell them your plans and ask them to come look at your
proposed installation.
4. Plan your installation carefully and completely before you begin. Each person involved in an
installation should be assigned to a specific task and should know what to do and when to do it. One
person should be in charge of the operation to issue instructions and watch for signs of trouble.
5. When installing your antenna, follow these guidelines:
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Do not use a metal ladder.
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Do not work on a wet or windy day.
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Do dress properly—wear shoes with rubber soles and heels, rubber gloves, and a long-sleeved
shirt or jacket.
6. If the assembly starts to drop, move away from it and let it fall. Because the antenna, mast, cable,
and metal guy wires are all excellent conductors of electrical current, even the slightest touch of any
of these parts to a power line completes an electrical path through the antenna and the installer.
7. If any part of the antenna system should come in contact with a power line, do not touch it or try to
remove it yourself. Call your local power company to have it removed safely.
8. If an accident should occur with the power lines, call for qualified emergency help immediately.
Antenna Configurations
Integrated Antenna Option
The AP1562I uses an Integrated Low Profile Dual-Band 2.4-5 GHz Dipole Antenna Array. The antenna
contains an array of three dual-band dipole antennas. The three dipole antennas are contained within this
single radome, thereby greatly reducing the antenna’s visual footprint, and greatly reducing the
possibility of snagging the antenna on the cable bundle, the RF cable, or test cables. Each of thee three
dipole antennas is a dual-band antenna, covering both the 2.4 - 2.483 GHz band and the 5.25-5.85 GHz
bands. The antenna have a peak gain of about 3 dBi at 2.4 GHz and 5 dBi at 5 GHz. The antenna unit is
gray weatherproof radome for outdoor operations.
External Antenna Mounting Configurations
The selection of the antenna is determined in the configuration of the product. The 1562E antennas can
be mounted on a wall, pole and/or tower mounted. Please refer to the Ordering Guide for a list of
supported antennas.
The 1562E access point supports a variety of antennas designed for outdoor use with radios operating in
the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz frequency bands. The 1562E supports the external antennas listed in the
following sections.
Cisco Aironet Dual-Band Omnidirectional Antenna (AIR-ANT2547V-N, AIR-ANT2547VG-N)
The Dual-Band Omnidirectional Antenna, referred to as a “stick” antenna, is designed for outdoor use
with Cisco Aironet Outdoor Access Points with radios operating in the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz frequency
bands (Figure 2-20). Basic operating features of the antenna are:
• Omnidirectional collinear array
• Operates in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands