User's Manual

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12
Hub Antenna Assembly and Installaon
The antenna assembles into it’s mounng bracket and may then mount the antenna assembly via straps to a pole,
or via screws to a at surface.
Take care to avoid mounng the antenna directly to a large at metallic surface (such as corrugated n walls) as the
RF reecons from such surfaces can somemes be problemac.
The installer will generally need to provide a mast, or appropriate surface to mount the hub antenna. The installer
also needs to provide the means of aaching the antenna to the desired mounng surface (screws, stainless steel
hose clamps, etc.).
The hub antenna has a eld of view of approximately 90° and should be such that all of the remote cameras are
within the eld of view. If one camera is parcularly farther away than the others, somemes it is helpful to dri
the antenna a bit toward the farther target vs. precisely centering between all the cameras.
Regardless of how the antenna is mounted, the following must be observed:
• Antennas should always be mounted with the drain holes facing down and the front of the antenna facing
your target. If the drain holes are facing up, upon the rst rainfall the antenna will ll with water and be
damaged.
• All the antennas that are communicang with each other must be mounted in the same orientaon (both
hub and cameras). If the antennas are not
mounted idencally, they will be polarized
o-axis, and thus be prevented from
eecvely communicang with each other.
O-axis antennas, very poor communicaon.
Antennas oriented (polarized) the same, good
communicaon