DragonWave Horizon Compact Plus User manual

Horizon COMPACT PlusTM
Wireless Ethernet
Release 1.0.1
Product Manual - Volume 1
Installation, Basic Configuration and Alignment
Version 1.2

Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual –Volume 1
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Table of Contents
1.0 USER MANUAL STRUCTURE.....................................................................................1
2.0 INTRODUCTION TO HORIZON COMPACT PLUS............................................................3
2.1 APPLICATIONS....................................................................................................................................4
2.1.1 4G............................................................................................................................................4
2.1.2 3G CELLULAR BACKHAUL /ETHERNET EVOLUTION......................................................................4
2.1.3 LEASED LINE REPLACEMENT......................................................................................................4
2.1.4 LAST MILE FIBRE EXTENSION.....................................................................................................4
2.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...............................................................................................................5
3.0 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION..........................................................................................7
3.1 ETHERNET AND POWER CABLING........................................................................................................9
3.1.1 COPPER INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................9
3.1.2 OPTICAL INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................9
3.2 LIGHTNING PROTECTION...................................................................................................................10
3.3 DUAL POLARIZATION RADIO MOUNT (DPRM)....................................................................................11
3.4 POWER SPLIT RADIO MOUNT (PSRM) ..............................................................................................11
4.0 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................13
4.1 LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNITS............................................................................................................16
4.1.1 OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNITS...................................................................................16
4.1.2 INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNITS ......................................................................................16
4.2 GROUNDED POWER FEEDS...............................................................................................................19
4.3 ETHERNET CABLING –COPPER INTERFACE .......................................................................................20
4.3.1 USING OUTDOOR PONEUNIT...................................................................................................20
4.3.2 OUTDOOR PONEUNIT WEATHERPROOF GROMMET SEALS........................................................21
4.3.3 USING INDOOR PONEUNIT ......................................................................................................21
4.3.4 ASSEMBLING THE RJ45 CONNECTOR........................................................................................22
4.3.5 USING OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT...........................................................................24
4.3.6 USING INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT..............................................................................24
5.0 POWERING THE HORIZON COMPACT PLUS..............................................................26
5.1 COPPER INTERFACE .........................................................................................................................26
5.1.1 USING THE OUTDOOR PONEUNIT............................................................................................26
5.1.2 USING THE INDOOR PONEUNIT................................................................................................27
5.1.3 STEPS TO CONNECTING POWER...............................................................................................27
5.1.4 PONESTATUS LED.................................................................................................................28
5.2 OPTICAL INTERFACE.........................................................................................................................29
5.2.1 USING THE COMPOSITE CABLE.................................................................................................29
5.2.2 ALTERNATE POWER FEED OPTION -“Y” FEED ADAPTER CABLE.................................................30
6.0 INITIAL CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................32
6.1SECURE MANAGEMENT ACCESS. ......................................................................................................32
6.2 USING TELNET .................................................................................................................................32
6.2.1 LOGGING ON............................................................................................................................32

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6.2.2 CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP.......................................................................................................32
6.2.3 CONFIGURING RADIO BAND AND FREQUENCY CHANNELS ..........................................................33
6.2.4 CONFIGURING IP ADDRESS VALUES .........................................................................................35
6.2.5 USER ACCOUNTS.....................................................................................................................36
6.2.6 CHANGING THE SUPER USER NAME AND PASSWORD ................................................................36
6.2.7 ADDING OR CHANGING NOC USER ACCOUNTS...........................................................................37
6.2.8 ADDING OR CHANGING ADMIN USER ACCOUNTS .......................................................................39
6.2.9 CHANGING NOC AND ADMIN USER PASSWORDS.......................................................................41
6.2.10 LOGGING OUT .........................................................................................................................41
6.2.11 SESSION TIME OUT..................................................................................................................41
6.2.12 RECOVERY OF IP ADDRESS AND SERIAL NUMBERS ...................................................................41
6.3 USING THE WEB INTERFACE..............................................................................................................41
7.0 ANTENNA MOUNTING AND TOWER SPECIFICATIONS.................................................42
7.1 POLARIZATION..................................................................................................................................43
7.1.1 POINT-TO-POINT LICENSED RADIO BANDS.................................................................................43
7.1.2 LMDS AND UNLICENSED RADIO BANDS (UL24)........................................................................44
7.2 POLE AND TOWER SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................45
8.0 GROUNDING,POWER AND LIGHTNING ARRESTORS .................................................46
8.1 POWER ON ETHERNET (PONE)..........................................................................................................47
9.0 LOCATING HORIZON COMPACT PLUS SYSTEMS.......................................................50
9.1 NEAR FIELD EFFECTS.......................................................................................................................50
9.2 CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT (LOS).............................................................................................................52
10.0 PREPARING FOR ALIGNMENT .................................................................................54
10.1 RECEIVED SIGNAL LEVEL (RSL) MEASUREMENTS .........................................................................54
10.2 IMPORTANT FACTORS...................................................................................................................56
10.2.1 ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS ..............................................................................................56
10.2.2 CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT..............................................................................................................58
10.2.3 SENSITIVITY OF THE ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENT..........................................................................58
11.0 ALIGNING THE ANTENNAS......................................................................................60
11.1 VISUAL ALIGNMENT OF THE ANTENNAS..........................................................................................60
11.2 RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ALIGNMENT OF THE ANTENNAS...............................................................62
11.3 SIGNS OF A HEALTHY LINK............................................................................................................64
12.0 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION FEATURES .................................................................66
13.0 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS MANAGEMENT ...............................................................68
13.1 ALARMS LIST ...............................................................................................................................68
14.0 CONFIGURATION BACKUP AND RESTORE................................................................70
14.1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION BACKUP................................................................................................70
14.2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION RESTORE..............................................................................................70
14.3 USER ACCOUNTS BACKUP............................................................................................................71
14.4 USER ACCOUNTS RESTORE..........................................................................................................71

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15.0 SOFTWARE UPGRADES .........................................................................................72
15.1 UPGRADE PATH...........................................................................................................................72
15.2 SINGLE SYSTEM...........................................................................................................................72
15.3 MULTIPLE SYSTEMS.....................................................................................................................73
APPENDIX A–CLI COMMAND LIST...................................................................................74
APPENDIX B–SAFETY INFORMATION................................................................................80
APPENDIX C-REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION ...................................................84

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List of Figures
FIGURE 3-1 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS -COPPER INTERFACE VARIANT..............................................................7
FIGURE 3-2 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS LED INDICATORS ..................................................................................7
FIGURE 3-3 OUTDOOR POWER INJECTOR/LIGHTNING ARRESTOR ....................................................................10
FIGURE 3-4 INDOOR POWER INJECTOR/LIGHTNING ARRESTOR........................................................................10
FIGURE 3-5 DUAL POLARIZATION RADIO MOUNT............................................................................................11
FIGURE 4-1 OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PONESUPPLY FEED............................16
FIGURE 4-2 INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PONESUPPLY FEED................................16
FIGURE 4-3 TWO INDOOR UNITS IN RACK MOUNT ADAPTER............................................................................17
FIGURE 4-4 INDOOR UNIT WITH WALL MOUNT BRACKETS...............................................................................17
FIGURE 4-5 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS INSTALLATION .....................................................................................18
FIGURE 4-6 GROUNDED POWER RETURN LINK...............................................................................................19
FIGURE 4-7 GROUNDED POWER RETURN SHORTING WIRE .............................................................................19
FIGURE 4-8 OUTDOOR UNIT PONEAND RJ45 CONNECTIONS .........................................................................20
FIGURE 4-9 WEATHERPROOF GROMMET SEALS .............................................................................................21
FIGURE 4-10 INDOOR UNIT PONEAND RJ45 CONNECTIONS...........................................................................21
FIGURE 4-11 RJ45 CABLE CONNECTOR “SNAP FIT”STYLE............................................................................22
FIGURE 4-12 RJ45 CABLE CONNECTOR “PUSH FIT”STYLE............................................................................23
FIGURE 4-13 OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT ETHERNET CABLING –COPPER INTERFACE ....................24
FIGURE 4-14 INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT ETHERNET CABLING –COPPER INTERFACE ........................24
FIGURE 5-1 CONNECTING POWER USING OUTDOOR PONEUNIT –COPPER INTERFACE ...................................26
FIGURE 5-2 CONNECTING POWER USING INDOOR PONEUNIT –COPPER INTERFACE.......................................27
FIGURE 5-3 PONESTATUS LED AND ALARM RESET BUTTON.........................................................................28
FIGURE 5-4 CONNECTING POWER –OPTICAL INTERFACE -INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT......................29
FIGURE 5-5 OPTIONAL EXTERNAL POWER FEED -OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR UNIT ...............................30
FIGURE 5-6 RJ45 CONNECTOR PINOUT –PORT 2MANAGEMENT .....................................................................31
FIGURE 7-1 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS SHOWING CLIP MOUNT FEATURES.........................................................42
FIGURE 7-2 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS POLARIZATION MARKER .......................................................................43
FIGURE 8-1 HORIZON COMPACT PLUS CASE GROUNDING POINT......................................................................46
FIGURE 8-2 OUTDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR AND POWER INJECTOR .............................................................48
FIGURE 8-3 INDOOR LIGHTNING ARRESTOR AND POWER INJECTOR.................................................................48
FIGURE 9-1 CORRECT &INCORRECT SYSTEM LOCATION ................................................................................51
FIGURE 9-2 OBSTRUCTION OF THE FRESNEL ZONE.........................................................................................52
FIGURE 9-3 TREES WITHIN THE FRESNEL ZONE OBSTRUCT THE SIGNAL..........................................................52
FIGURE 10-1 MOUNTING BRACKET WITH FINE ADJUSTMENT BOLTS..................................................................54
FIGURE 10-2 VOLTMETER CONNECTIONS TO BNC FIELD STRENGTH MONITORING CONNECTOR.........................55
FIGURE 10-3 MAIN AND SIDE LOBES..............................................................................................................57

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FIGURE 10-4 TYPICAL MAIN LOBE COVERAGE USING 23 GHZ RADIO WITH 24” DISH ANTENNA..........................57
FIGURE 10-5 MAIN LOBE AND SIDE LOBES (DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4KM).............................................58
FIGURE 11-1 ALIGNING SYSTEMS USING LOCAL LANDMARKS.........................................................................61
FIGURE 11-2 USING GPS AND COMPASS BEARINGS TO ALIGN SYSTEMS........................................................61

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List of Tables
TABLE 2-1 EXAMPLE OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE 18 GHZ 55 MHZ CHANNEL ETSI/ITU OPERATING MODES .....5
TABLE 3-1 HORIZON PLUS LED OPERATION....................................................................................................8
TABLE 3-2 PORT 2POWER CABLE WIRE GAUGE............................................................................................10
TABLE 4-1 PARTS REQUIRED.........................................................................................................................13
TABLE 5-1 PONESTATUS LED FUNCTION KEY..............................................................................................28
TABLE 6-1 USER ACCOUNT LEVELS...............................................................................................................36
TABLE 7-1 ALLOWABLE DISH/REFLECTORS –UNLICENSED SYSTEMS.............................................................44
TABLE 7-2 TWIST AND SWAY SPECIFICATIONS –SELECTED FREQUENCIES......................................................45
TABLE 7-3 MOUNTING POLE SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................45
TABLE 9-1 SYSTEM HEIGHT VS OBSTACLE DISTANCE FOR 24 GHZ UNLICENSED.............................................50
TABLE 10-1 ANTENNA GAINS AND BEAM WIDTHS –SELECTED FREQUENCIES.................................................56
TABLE 10-2 APPROXIMATE SIZE OF BEAM AT DESTINATION .............................................................................57
TABLE 10-3 DEGREES PER REVOLUTION OF ADJUSTMENT..............................................................................58
TABLE 11-1 TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS FOR ANTENNAS...................................................................................60
TABLE 15-1 SOFTWARE UPGRADE PATH .......................................................................................................72