User's Manual

2 Table of Contents
1 Copyright Notice ........................................................................................... 3
1.1 Copyright ......................................................................................................3
2 Table of Contents.......................................................................................... 5
3 Preface .......................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Regulatory Notice ..........................................................................................9
3.2 Warranty and Repair ....................................................................................10
3.3 Customer Support Contacts .......................................................................... 10
3.3.1 Distributor Technical Support ..................................................................10
3.3.2 Contacting EION Technical Support .........................................................10
4 Product Description .................................................................................... 11
4.1 LibraPlus Series Products..............................................................................11
4.1.1 About OFDM..........................................................................................11
4.2 LibraPlus Point-to-Point (P-P) Systems ...........................................................12
4.2.1 EPPS Technology ...................................................................................12
4.2.2 LibraPlus Rapid Deployment (RD) Equipment ...........................................12
4.2.3 LibraPlus Extended Range (ER) Equipment .............................................. 12
4.3 LibraPlus Hardware ......................................................................................13
4.4 QoS - Quality of Service ............................................................................... 15
4.5 VLAN .......................................................................................................... 15
4.5.1 Overview ..............................................................................................15
4.5.2 Point-to-Point VLAN System ....................................................................16
4.6 LibraPlus 5860 Specifications........................................................................17
5 Pre-installation ........................................................................................... 19
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 19
5.2 Required Tools.............................................................................................19
5.3 Site Evaluation ............................................................................................20
5.3.1 LibraPlus 5860 Site Considerations .......................................................... 20
5.3.2 LibraPlus 5860 Power Sources.................................................................21
5.4 Grounding................................................................................................... 21
5.4.1 ESD Warning ......................................................................................... 21
5.4.2 LibraPlus Unit Grounding ........................................................................ 22
5.4.3 Lightning Protectors............................................................................... 23
5.4.4 Surge Suppression Unit Location ............................................................. 24
5.5 Weatherproof ing Connectors ........................................................................26
5.6 CAT-5 Ethernet Cable Shielding .....................................................................27
6 LibraPlus I nstallation.................................................................................. 28
6.1 Connecting the Ethernet Cable...................................................................... 28
6.2 Mounting Conditions ....................................................................................28
6.3 External Antenna Mounting...........................................................................28
6.4 Integrated Antenna Mounting .......................................................................29
6.5 Pole-mounting the LibraPlus .........................................................................30
6.6 Wall-mounting the LibraPlus Radio ................................................................ 32
6.7 Antenna Mounting Guidelines........................................................................ 34
6.7.1 Mounting the Structure...........................................................................34
6.8 Cabling the LibraPlus.................................................................................... 34
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