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To protect the user against the risk of electric shock during high voltage transient events which may oc-

cur when this equipment is installed outdoors, protective earth grounding of the POE power supply is

required. Case ground connections are provided on all Rajant supplied POE power supplies. The case

ground connections must be used and must be connected to a protective earth ground. Protective

earth grounding operations must be performed by trained personnel, and according to local electrical

codes and industry best practices, as well as Rajant’s own recommendations.

To assure continuity of ground from the BreadCrumb to the PoE to the ground, and to help protect the

BreadCrumb and any attached equipemt from electrical damage, please see:

• Rajant Best Practices: Grounding and Surge Protection

D.6 Waterproofing

For outdoor installations, Rajant recommends waterproofing all connections as follows:

• See Waterproofing Rajant BreadCrumb RF Connections

D.7 Connecting Power

• For power requirements and PoE usage diagrams, see the Power and Ethernet section.

• The BreadCrumb’s on/off switch (if any) should be off when connecting or disconnecting power.

• BreadCrumbs only support Passive PoE. Do not use a Cisco switch PoE to power a BreadCrumb (set

switch port’s power to “never”).

D.8 Configuration

Configure the BreadCrumb to be compatible with any existing or planned BreadCrumb mesh network.

This will include configuring the desired channel and bandwidth and configuring security settings. Com-

plete and test the configuration before mounting the BreadCrumb anywhere unreachable.

• See the BreadCrumb model guide’s chapter Deploying a BreadCrumb Mesh Network.

• See the BC|Commander User Guide chapters “Administrative Tasks” and “BreadCrumb Configura-

tion”.

D.9 Placement

See the BreadCrumb model guide’s chapter “Deploying a BreadCrumb Mesh Network” starting at the

section Physical Placement and other Considerations.