User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points
- Contents
- 1 About Access Points
- Overview
- Features
- AP Product Description
- Battery Backups
- Read Storage
- Power Requirements
- Rebooting or Recycling APs
- Standards Compliance
- Cellular Modem
- Addressing Schemes
- Specifications
- European Union Compliance
- Maintenance Procedures
- Surge Protection
- Redundant WAN Option
- Mounting Options
- WAN Options
- Throughput Performance
- Responding to a WAN Failure
- Multicast / Unicast Communications
- Networking
- Address Management
- Administration
- Configuration
- 2 FCC and Government Guidelines
- Index
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points 1 About Access Points
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points 4 March 2013 Silver Spring Networks 7
ThedesignfloatlifeofSilverSpring‐IBPproductsisuptoeight(8)toten(10)yearsatroom
temperature(25°C/77°F)andunderproperchargingconditions.Thisdesignlifehasbeen
confirmedbytheuseofacceleratedtestingmethodsthatarewidelyacceptedbyboth
manufacturersandusersofsealed
‐leadbatteries.Hightemperaturesareusedtoaccelerate
theagingprocessofthebatteryundertest.
Read Storage
TheAccessPointhas8MBofRAMand8MBofFlash.NoreadsarestoredwithintheAccess
Point.
Power Requirements
TheAccessPointandRelayrequire96to250VAC(50to60Hz).
Powercanbetappeddirectlyfromthepowerlineorfromastreetlightreceptacle.
Rebooting or Recycling APs
SilverSpringNetworksAPswillrunsteadystateforanindefiniteperiodoftime.Rebootsare
notcontingentuponanyinherenttendencyfortheAPtorebootitself.Theonlyconditions
thatwouldmanifestarebootare:
• Powerfailur eintheabsenceofbatterybackup
• WANdialerreachesa“high
watercount”thatinducesafirmwarereboot–thishappens
whencellularcoverageisintermittent
• Upgradeoffirmware
• Deliberaterebootinstructionissuedfromfieldtechnicianorfromback‐office
Standards Compliance
APscomplywith:
• OperatingVibrationstandardANSIC12.20,IEC60068‐2‐8
• OperatingShockstandardANSIC12.20,IEC60068‐2‐27
• HumiditystandardANSIC12.20,IEC60068‐2‐6
• OperatingTemperaturestandardANSIC12.20,IEC60068‐2‐1,IEC60068‐2‐2
• ElectromagneticSusceptibilitystandardANSIC12.20,IEC61000‐4‐3
• SurgeWithstandCapabilitystandardANSIC12.20,IEC61000‐4 ‐5
• ElectrostaticDischargestandardANSIC12.20,IEC61000‐4‐2
• ElectricalFastTransientsperANSIC12.20,IEC61000‐4‐4
• ConductedImmunityperIEC61000‐4‐6
• MagneticImmunityIEC61000‐4‐8
• VoltageDips&InterruptsIEC61000‐4
‐11
• SafetyStandardforInformationTechnologyEquipment,IEC60950‐1,IEC60950‐22