Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- System Description
- Pre-Installation
- Receipt of Equipment
- Site Planning
- Main Rack and Supporting Hardware
- Remote ACUs
- RFUs
- RadioBlades
- RAPs
- URU
- Interconnecting Cabling
- Main Rack Configuration
- RF Planning
- Site Survey
- Alarm Configuration
- Tools Required
- Installation
- Equipment Commissioning
- iDEN Interface
- Power Plant
- RadioFrame System
- Coverage Validation
- Site Acceptance Guidelines
- RadioFrame System Functionality Test
- RadioFrame System iDEN Functionality Test
- Interconnect & Dispatch Setup & Voice Quality
- Packet Data Service Connection and Latency
- Short Message Service
- Handover and Cell Reselection
- Interconnect Connection Stability and SQE Performance
- Dispatch Connection Stability
- Idle SQE Testing and Validation
- System Self-Recovery Test
- Packet Data Stability and Throughput
- Validation of ‘Unable to Key BR’ Alarm
- Rectifier & AC Power Alarms
- iSC-3 Functionality Test
- RadioFrame System iDEN Functionality Test
- Connecting the RFS to the Customer LAN
- Operations and Maintenance
- Appendixes
RadioFrame System
Pre-Installation
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connects and patch cords. Of the 10 m (32.8 ft.) allowed for equipment cords,
cross-connects and patch cords, a maximum of 3 m (9.8 ft.) should be used from
the computer workstation to the information outlet. Refer to ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A
and CSA-T529 for more information.
For simplifying installation and reducing cable runs, a single CAT 5 cable may be
run from the equipment room hub to an additional hub in the computer
workstation area for distribution to the individual computers. This can reduce the
number of cables required between the equipment room and the individual
computers. Refer to ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A for more information.
If cable segments need to be extended beyond 100 m (328 ft.), an additional hub
may be installed. Each individual segment between hubs shall not exceed 100 m
(328 ft.). Note that no more than the one intermediate hub shall be used. If the
required distance is greater than, a specific cabling system shall be engineered.
Refer to ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A for more information.
3.9.4.1 NEC Compliance
All RadioFrame Networks products and equipment are NEC compliant.
3.9.4.2 Local Jurisdictions
Local jurisdiction codes shall apply and override any other requirements specified
in this document.
3.9.4.3 Routes
Consideration should be given to using some method of cable management and
containment for runs of CAT 5 cable. Such methods can be dedicated cable
runs, lay-in wireways, cable runways and conduits. Refer to ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A
and CSA-T530 for more information.
CAT 5 cable shall not be installed in the same conduit, cable runway, outlet box,
or similar device with AC power cables, unless separated by a barrier as allowed
in NFPA 70, Article 800-52. Doing so can be unsafe and is likely to cause EMI
onto the CAT 5 cable, causing network errors. Refer to NFPA 70, Article 800-52,
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A, and CSA-T529 for more information.
Precautions should be taken to avoid routing CAT 5 cable near sources of
EM/RFI. Such noise sources may be electrical power wiring, dimmer switches,
radio frequency transmitters, motors, generators, and fluorescent lights.
Precautions may include, increasing the physical distance between the CAT 5
cable and the source of the EMI/RFI, installing the CAT 5 cable inside of a
grounded metallic conduit, or use of a CAT 5100-ohm screened twisted pair
cable as permitted by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A. Routing cables near sources of
EMI/RFI can cause data errors and degraded system performance. Refer to
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A and CSA-T529 T530 for more information.