User's Manual

Deployment & Installation
M5580M-FSU page 19
Chapter 5 Deployment & Installation
Once you are familiar with the basic operation of the radios you are ready for deployment in the field. The deployment process
consists of the following steps:
• Site Selection
• Site survey at AP and SU sites
• AP installation
• SU installation and antenna alignment
• Link test
Site Selection
Proper site selection for your AP will help ensure a successful deployment. Site selection will depend on a wide variety of
factors, but from the radio’s performance standpoint, please consider the following:
• Path from AP to SU should provide unobstructed line-of-sight (LOS), thus it is advisable to place AP as high as
possible on a tall building or tower.
• Ethernet cable limit is 100 meters from Ethernet device (router, switch) to radio.
• Radios should never be deployed without proper grounding.
• Consider nearby sources of interference that could degrade the performance of the radio. Mount radios as far from
sources of interference as possible.
Site survey
The radios provide an on-board site survey tool which measure the average and peak noise levels on any given channel.
To use the survey tool, the radio must be in Opmode “OFF.” The survey can be performed for any specified amount of
time (in seconds), and for either the horizontal or vertical polarization.
Prior to performing the site survey, place the radio in the installation spot, and aim the radio in the desired direction.
After the specified period, the results of this command will provide you with a listing of each channel in the band, the
average signal received, and the maximum signal received during the survey period.
Example:
#> survey 10 h
Press 'q' to stop.
noise floor rssi by pkt
(peak / avg dBm) (peak / avg dBm)
Freq 5724 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5728 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5732 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5736 MHz Ch 1 -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5740 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
(Survey Cont.)
Freq 5744 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5748 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5752 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5756 MHz Ch 2 -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5760 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5764 MHz -81 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5768 MHz -90 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5772 MHz -89 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5776 MHz Ch 3 -98 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5780 MHz -81 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5784 MHz -97 / -98 -99 / -99
Freq 5788 MHz -98 / -98 -99 / -99