Lightpointe Communications Inc. ABG80 Manuel D’Utilisation

AireBeam

Installation Manual

AireBeam™ G80 Series Page 4

List of Figures

Figure 1-1: AireBeam G80 MX (left) and LX (right) transmission units

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Figure 1-2: Side pole Mount with LX antenna(left) and Mx antenna (right)

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Figure 1-3: Adapter Plate

Standard Pedestal Style Option with Pan and Tilt ..... 11

Figure 1-4: Pan and Tilt assembly showing alignment adjust

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Figure 1-5: Side Mount assembly showing alignment adjust

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Figure 1-6: Universal Mounting Kit components (bolts and wrench not shown)

Figure 1-7: Power over Ethernet modules supplied with all AireBeam G80 systems

Figure 1-8: RSSI alignment cables included with AireBeam G80 systems

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Figure 1-9: AireManager management console

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Figure 1-10: RJ11 Cable and DB-9 Adapter

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Figure 2-4: Atmospheric attenuation of signals at different frequencies.

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Figure 2-2: North American and European ITU rain zone chart

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Figure 3-1: Assembled Universal Mount and Base Plate hole pattern

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Figure 3-2: Completed Pedestal Style Mounting assembly

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Figure 4-1: Inside view of the radio housing

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Figure 4-2: Fiber cable connection

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Figure 4-3: Millimeter wave radiation pattern of a Cassegrain antenna

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Figure 4-4: Antenna alignment scan

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Figure 4-5: Simple illustration of the alignment process

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Figure 4-6: Typical AireBeam

 G80-MX RSSI vs. distance chart

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List of Tables

Table 2-1 Fresnel zone path clearance

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Table 2-2: Peak rain rates vs. Duration in different ITU rain zones

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Table 5-1: Troubleshooting Chart I

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Table 5-2: Troubleshooting Chart II

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