User Manual

FOUR: installing SPICE SPICE™ Hardware Guide
installing cSPICE 550008 Rev. A
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installing cSPICE
In order to align the cSPICE link antenna, the bSPICE (greenfield deployment) or BTS (existing
network) must be radiating. In addition, the data-enabled SIM card must have been previously
installed in the wireless modem. To install the cSPICE unit, perform the following steps
(Figure 19):
step page
install antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
install power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
determine link antenna orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
mount the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
check alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ground unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
connect power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
notify OMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
figure 19. cSPICE installation flowchart
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CAUTION Do not handle the unit by the antennas.
Install antennas
Install power
supply
Determine
mounting
orientation
Install unit
mounting
bracket
Hang unit on
bracket
Notify OMC
operator that
unit is online
Check that
installation form has
been completed
OMC Operator
available?
No
Yes
Verify ability to
establish wireless
connection to unit
(SPICE Software Guide)
Check link
antenna
alignment
Ground unit
Connect unit to
power