User's Manual

CPE-O-R-WS User Manual

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3.5.4 Performing a Site Survey

This section explains how to select the best location for mounting the outdoor CPE. The steps you will perform are:

 Determine the direction of available Base station from the house or building.

What You Need

 Compass.

 Area map with an accurate direction legend showing magnetic north.

 TVWS Base station location.

TVWS Base station and CPE Location

While installing the unit, you need to determine the direction of the Base Station from the house or building.

a) Use the compass to determine the Base Station direction.

b) Find on the customer premises the best place to install the CPE. It is recommended on the TV mast if exist.

Warning: The CPE-O-R-WS equipment shall be installed at a height no greater than 30 meters above the ground.

c) Turn the CPE antenna to the Base Station direction and adjust tilt it up and down and to the right and to the left side

to obtain maximum signal. Perform this antenna align process if a second antennas is used

d) Use a Laptop with WEB connected to the PoE to read the RSSI and CINR that the CPE receive.

e) If the signal is not good try to move and find a better location where the RSSI and CINR will be better.

f) Record the Latitude and Longitude of the CPE installation location using a digital compass and update it in the

AFAS if it is different from the registration per paragraph 3.4.2 above.

3.6 Installing the Equipment

3.6.1 Device Logic connection

For outdoor CPE product, it is suggested that the CPE device be installed in a shaded area to avoid direct sun light

exposure which may cause over heat in certain extreme weather condition.

The CPE should be properly grounded for proper protection against lighting or power surge.

The CPE-O-R-WS is powered by 24V DC over a CAT5 Ethernet cable by a PoE device. The power is from a power

adapter that operates in 90-250V AC range. The PoE and the power adapter are indoor units and need to be located in

the house or office. Fix the PoE device near an electrical outlet. User Ethernet are provided via the PoE adapter too.

3.6.2 Installing Outdoor Unit (ODU)

The CPE-O-R-WS can be mounted on a pole or on the wall. Fix the CPE and the antenna and connect the antenna

to the CPE using a coax cable. Connect the coax cable to Antenna 1 on the CPE.