User Manual

Exalt Communications, Inc.
Exalt i-Series Installation and Management Guide
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2007-06-25
Table of Contents
Legal Notice........................................................................................................................ 1
Open-Source License Information...................................................................................... 1
About this Document.......................................................................................................... 2
Revision History ............................................................................................................. 2
General Compliance and Safety.......................................................................................... 3
Safety Icons..................................................................................................................... 3
Safety Notices..................................................................................................................... 4
Exalt Limited Hardware Warranty...................................................................................... 5
Registration..................................................................................................................... 5
Exclusions....................................................................................................................... 5
RMA Procedures............................................................................................................. 6
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 15
Related Documentation and Software .......................................................................... 15
The Exalt i-Series of Digital Microwave Radios.......................................................... 15
Basic Features............................................................................................................... 18
Pre-installation Tasks........................................................................................................ 21
Link Engineering and Site Planning ............................................................................. 21
Familiarization with i-Series Radios............................................................................. 22
Shipping Box Contents ............................................................................................. 23
Back-to-Back Bench Test and Configuration............................................................... 24
RF Output Power Setting.............................................................................................. 25
Time Division Duplex (TDD) Factors.......................................................................... 25
Link Orientation and Synchronization.......................................................................... 26
Radio A/B Configuration.......................................................................................... 27
Radio Synchronization.................................................................................................. 28
Synchronization Modes ............................................................................................ 29
Internal Synchronization........................................................................................... 29
External Synchronization.......................................................................................... 31
Offset Timing............................................................................................................ 31
When Sync is Lost .................................................................................................... 32