User's Manual

SAFFreeMile5.8GHzFODUUserGuide•Rev.1.0•Softwareversion6.77
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ThischapterprovidesinstructionshowtoinstallaPointtoPointlink.APointtoPointlinkoperatesinpairsof
twounitswiththesameconfiguration.Bothunitsmustbeinstalled,andtheantennasalignedformaximum
throughput.
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MountingtheFreeMile5.8GHzMIMOUnit
TheFreeMile5.8GHzMIMOunit’smountingbracketisdesignedtomakeinstallationonapipeeasy.Theunit
isattachedandit'spositionisfixedwithbolts.
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Figure18–AttachingSAFFreeMile5.8GHzMIMOwithintegratedantennatothemast
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Fig.4(1).Preparethemountingbracketandnecessarytools:wrench(10mm),nuts,screwsandclampsas
showninthefigure.
Fig.4(2).Adjustthemountingbrackettothepoleasshowninthefigure.Thesmallestpartofthemounting
bracketshouldnotbeattachedinthisstage.
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Notethatthemountingbracketsupportspolediameterintherange32‐130mm.
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Fig.4(3).AttachtheFreeMile5.8GHzMIMOunitwithintegratedantennatothemountingbracket.The
groundingcableshouldalsobeattachedatthisstage.Thesmallestpartofthebracketshouldbeattachedat
thismoment
fromthebacksideofthemountingbracket.
Fig.4(4).Theantennacanbealignedbylooseningthescrewsmarkedinredcircles(elevationdirection)andin
bluecircles(azimuthdirection).Afterthesignalvaluesduringthealignmenthavepeakedsecurethescrews
using10mmwrench.
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 FreeMile5.8GHzMIMOLinkEstablishment