fSONA Sonabeam E Series User manual

Installation Manual

WARNING!
This equipment generates, uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used as
designed and intended, may cause interference to radio communications. This equipment has been
tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B computing device. This equipment has been
designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in residential, light
industrial, and commercial environments. Operation of this equipment in residential area may cause
interference, in which case the user, at their own expense, is required to take whatever measures are
needed to correct the interference.
USA - FCC
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Canada – ICES - 003
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment
Regulations.
Cet appareil numerique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigencies du Reglement sur le materiel
brouilleur du Canada.
European Community – EMC
This device complies with Class B emission limits in accordance with EN55022.
SPECIFICATION EC DIRECTIVE
Electromagnetic compatibility – Emissions 89/336/EEC
Electromagnetic compatibility – Immunity 89/336/EEC

WARNING!
CAUTION: USE OF CONTROL OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES
OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS LASER
RADIATION EXPOSURE!
ATTENTION: LE CONTROLE ET L’ADJUSTEMENT AINSI QUE LA MODIFICATION DES
PERFORMANCES AUTRES QUE CEUX STIPULÉS DANS CE MANUEL PEUVENT CRÉER
DES EFFETS IMPRÉVUS DE LA RADIATION LASER!
Product Laser Safety
The following special notes provide laser safety specifications for the SONAbeam E – Series terminal:
INFORMATION ALERT!
THE LASER DEVICES PRESENT WITHIN THIS EQUIPMENT ARE HAZARDOUS WHEN VIEWED
WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS (BINOCULARS OR TELESCOPES). BOTH LASER
TRANSMITTERS HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS:
Laser Type Wavelength Avg. Output Power Peak Output Power
InGaAsP Las r Diod 1520 – 1580 nm 80 mW 160 mW
(Indium Gallium Ars nid Phosphid )
ALL SONAb am mod ls ar :
ANSI-CLASS 1 las r product – According to ANSI Z136.1 & Z136.6
IEC-CLASS 1M las r product – According to IEC60825-1 Am ndm nt 2:2001
CDR -CLASS IM las r product – Compli s with 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11 xc pt for d viations
pursuant to Las r Notic No. 50, dat d July 26, 2001
WARNING: Optical viewing aids such as binoculars and telescopes must not
be positioned in front of this equipment at a range closer than 35m (115ft).
Link deployment conditions must be reviewed to ensure the use of optical
aids within the 35m zone is not a reasonably foreseeable event.
NOTE: The alignment telescope provided by fSONA has a special spectral
filter to allow safe operation.

© 2003 - 2013 fSONA Networks Corp. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This Installation Manual is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the
terms of such license. The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change
with out notice, and should not be construed whatsoever as a commitment by fSONA Networks Corp.
fSONA Networks Corp. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in
this manual.
The fSONA LOGO and SONAbeam are trademarks of fSONA Networks Corp.
Other names of products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Docum nt No. 95-0224 R v H Nov mb r 2013
Print d in Canada.
Contacting Us
fSONA Networks Corp.
100 – 13200 D lf Plac
Richmond, BC Canada V6V 2A2
Phon : [phone]
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About This Manual ........................................................................... 1
How this Manual is Organiz d 1
Conv ntions Us d in this Manual 2
Saf ty First! 2
Installation Quick Sh t 2
Product Lab ling 3
About Your SONAb am T rminal ....................................................... 5
Pr paring Your Installation Sit ......................................................... 7
Locating Your SONAb am T rminals 7
Sit Saf ty 8
Sit Acc ssibility 8
Sit S curity 8
Sit Stability 9
East-W st Ori ntation 9
Acc ssibility to Pow r, Ground and Communications F ds 9
Lin of Sight Clarity 10
G n rating a Rooftop Sit Map 10
T rminal Mounting Options 11
Pol /Wall Mount 13
P d stal Mount 14
Custom r Fabricat d Mount 14
SONAb am Pow r R quir m nts 16

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DC Pow r Sourc 17
AC Pow r Sourc 17
SONAb am Saf ty C rtification 18
Pow r Ov r Eth rn t 19
SONAb am Fib r R quir m nts 20
Custom r Int rfac Box 21
Additional Consid rations 21
Unpacking Your SONAb am T rminal .............................................. 23
Th Product Packag 23
Optional Acc ssori s 25
Unpacking th Optical H ad 27
Unpacking your Installation Kit 27
Installing Your SONAb am T rminal ................................................ 29
Saf ty First, Saf ty Always 29
B for You B gin… 29
R quir d Tools and Acc ssori s 30
Installing th (Optional) Pol Mount 30
Installing th (Optional) P d stal Mount 32
Installing th Optical H ad 32
Custom r Int rfac Conn ctions 33
Optional Custom r Cabling Kit 34
SONAb am Custom r Int rfac Ar a 34
E-S ri s Custom r Int rfac s 38
Pow r Conn ctions 39
N twork Communications Cabl s 41

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T rminal Manag m nt Conn ctions 43
T rminal Mgmt RS232 Int rfac 44
Strain R li f for your Int rfac Cabling 45
Conn ctions at th Custom r Int rfac Box 46
Initial Pow r Up and T rminal Configuration .................................... 47
SONAb am Utiliti s CD 48
SONAb am T rminal Controll r Softwar 48
Conn cting a PC to your SONAb am T rminal 49
USB Conn ction 49
RJ45 S rial Adapt r 50
SONAb am T rminal Pow r Up 50
V rifying Initial Pow r Up Op ration 51
SONAb am T rminal Status LED’s 51
V rifying Pow r Up Op ration with STC 52
S tting Up your SONAb am T rminal 52
Initial Configuration Wizard 53
SONAb am Diagnostics 54
SONAb am Transmitt r Ori ntations 54
N twork Conn ction for Alignm nt 55
Aligning Your SONAb am T rminals ................................................ 57
B for You B gin… 57
Alignm nt Adjustm nts 58
Coars Azimuth Adjustm nt 58
Coars El vation Control 59
Fin Azimuth & El vation Tuning 60
Stag 1 – Visual Alignm nt 61

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Stag 2 – Finding your FSO Signal 63
Stag 3 – Fin Tuning your Alignm nt 66
R c iv d Signal Str ngth Guid 68
Stag 4 – Locking your Final Alignm nt 69
Compl ting th Installation 70
D ploying Your SONAb am Link...................................................... 73
Putting SONAb am Link to Work 73
Syst m Probl ms ........................................................................... 75

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About This Manual
This manual is designed for system integrators and installers of fSONA’s SONAbeam
optical communications terminal to help plan, install and commission robust, very high
speed wireless optical communications links.
How this Manual is Organized
This manual covers a wide scope of material from initial planning and site surveying,
through installing and commissioning high speed, wireless optical communications links.
In order to better present such information, this manual is divided into seven major
sections to individually address each stage:
About Your SONAbeam Terminal
This section provides an overview of the SONAbeam communications link
and presents a general picture of the overall system installation and its
interfaces…
Preparing Your Installation Site
This section provides valuable information to better prepare for your
installation. With the information presented here, you can reduce (if not
eliminate) a number of problems and help ensure a successful installation…
Unpacking Your SONAbeam Terminals
This section describes what will be received from fSONA and identifies
what you will need to provide in order to complete the installation…
Installing Your SONAbeam Terminals
This section provides a step-by-step procedure describing the physical
installation of SONAbeam terminals and their interfacing connections. A
pre-power up check list is also presented…
Initial Power Up and Configuration
This section describes the initial power up sequence and how to configure
your SONAbeam for your network operations…
Aligning Your SONAbeam Terminals
This section describes how to precisely align a pair of SONAbeam
terminals for optimal performance…
Deploying your SONAbeam Link
This section describes the final steps of deploying your SONAbeam link…

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Conventions Used in this Manual
Throughout this manual, certain items of particular importance will be presented in the
following formats:
NOTE…
This format offers useful or advisory information to help make your installation a
success…
WARNING!
This format warns of safety related issues as well as practices and situations that
need to be avoided…
Safety First!
When properly installed, SONAbeam terminals will provide safe and reliable operation.
To ensure a safe and proper installation, the following items are considered mandatory:
Your installation MUST be well planned and implemented without shortcuts…
Your installation MUST be supervised and performed by qualified persons…
Your installation MUST comply with all local worker safety codes…
Your installation MUST comply with all local electrical safety codes…
WARNING!
Failure to adhere to these ‘common sense’ requirements can result in injury to
persons and/or damage to property and/or equipment!
Installation Quick Sheet
Your new SONAbeam also includes an installation QUICKSHEET that summarizes the
contents of this installation manual.
While it is important that you read and understand the entire installation manual before
attempting to install your SONAbeam link, the QUICKSHEET offers a handy reference
guide to the installation process.

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Product Labeling
The SONAbeam terminal is labeled with the following symbols:
WARNING: Electrical azard –
Dangerous high voltage is present
inside that could result in injury or
death to personnel…
CAUTION: Damage to the equipment
or Injury to the operator may occur
if procedures are not followed…
ATTENTION: Read the Installation
Manual before attempting to install
the equipment!
USE T E STRAIN RELIEF to secure
your terminal cabling!
IEC60825-1 Classification
Label – Class 1M laser
Product…
NOTE: Th Alignm nt T l scop – provid d as part of th SONAb am Basic
Alignm nt Kit – has a sp cial sp ctral filt r install d to mak it saf to us with
SONAb am products.

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About Your SONAb am T rminal
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About Your
SONAbeam Terminal
The SONAbeam E-Series terminal is an extremely reliable, very high speed, full-duplex,
wireless component for your communications network employing multiple, infrared, eye-
safe laser transmitters, a large-aperture optical receiver and an embedded microprocessor.
SONAbeam terminals are designed to operate equally well either indoors or outdoors
where a clear and unobstructed “line-of-sight” exists between two connecting points in a
network, with link distances from as close as 50 meters (100 feet) to as far away as
several kilometers in clear-air conditions, depending on the model deployed.
Designed to accept a variety of user-
specified interface and power supply
modules, your SONAbeam E Series
terminals can be used to
accommodate a variety of data and
video transport needs. While actual
usable data rates are option
dependent, the E-Series terminal can
be used to transport 1.5 – 160 Mbps
and supports a range of
communication standards including:
T1/E1, E3/DS3, 10/100 Ethernet,
OC-1/STM-0 and OC-3/STM-1 as
well as SMPTE and HDTV video
transmission standards.
Figur 1- A Typical E-S ri s
SONAb am Installation
With Integrated Network Management (INM), your SONAbeam terminals can be
connected to your business LAN to allow you to monitor and manage your terminals
from your office computer. Add the optional embedded SNMP agent to your SONAbeam
terminals and you can manage your entire network of SONAbeam FSO links from your
(SNMP) Network management System.
Each SONAbeam E-Series terminal employs multiple high power, high bandwidth, eye-
safe 1550nm lasers integrated with a patented optical receiver system to achieve superior
data performance in all weather conditions. The SONAbeam E-Series terminal is a carrier

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class device that offers protocol independent optical interfaces that are unmatched in the
industry.
With proper planning and pre-installation preparation, a complete network link can be
installed and commissioned in a matter of hours and provide lasting reliable operation to
meet your networking requirements.
The planning stage entails a prescribed site survey of your proposed installation areas to
ascertain the suitability of your sites and to assist in optimally locating the SONAbeam
terminals once the general link location is validated. The survey also affords you an
opportunity to map out all of the necessary mechanical, electrical and network
infrastructure to support the terminals.
The installation stage is designed to be simple and straightforward requiring ordinary
electrical equipment installation skills and common tools.
While the configuration setup and alignment stage does require some special equipment
and fSONA software, the step-by-step procedures provided by this manual will help you
to successfully and quickly complete this task.
Figur 2 – SONAb am E-S ri s Syst m Installation Compon nts (roof top location)
NOTE…
The installer-provided Customer Interface Box must have the appropriate NEMA
rating for your application. If installed outdoors, a NEMA 3 rating is
recommended…
SONAbeam Optical ead
Mounting Mast
(Provid d by th Install r)
Customer Interface Box
(Provid d by th Install r)
Customer Cabling Kit
(Provid d by th Install r)
Optional Post Mount

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Preparing Your
Installation Site
Selecting and preparing your installation sites is a very important part of your overall
installation plan. Before you can begin to install a SONAbeam terminal, there are certain
prerequisite milestones that need to be achieved.
This section provides you with information on the following pre-installation operations:
Planning locations for each SONAbeam terminal and its associated Customer
Interface Box…
Preparing secure and stable platforms for your mounting mast and pedestal…
Preparing the appropriate power, ground and communication feeds for each
terminal…
Preparing any applicable protection devices, e.g. UPS, lightening arrestors,
fencing, etc…
NOTE…
A comprehensive, pre-installation Site Survey should be conducted to allow you
to better plan your installation…
Locating Your SONAbeam Terminals
Selecting appropriate locations for SONAbeam terminals is a matter of satisfying a
number of criteria. While each installation may offer unique challenges, there are a
number of global concerns that will apply to all installations, namely:
Associated safety for installation and maintenance personnel…
Accessibility to the site for installation and maintenance personnel…
Security of the site from all unauthorized ‘visitors’…
Surface stability and mount stability…
Accessibility to power and communication feeds…
A clear and unobstructed line-of-sight between associated terminal sites…

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Site Safety
Throughout the site planning and preparation stages of your installation, always consider
the safety aspects of your decisions, namely: people will need to safely occupy and work
within your planned installation locations under all types of weather conditions.
Consider all hazards in the vicinity of your planned installation location that could cause
an individual to trip and/or fall. Avoid locations that could place installers or maintenance
personnel in dangerous or precarious positions.
Consider the possibility and subsequent ramifications of a tool being accidentally
dropped.
If a ladder is required for personnel to reach the planned installation location, ensure it
can be deployed safely.
Keep in mind the weight of the SONAbeam and its associated hardware that installers
will need to handle and lift into place. Ensure that this can be executed safely, perhaps by
planning additional personnel for the installation operation.
WARNING!
Never compromise safety for convenience or thrift!
Site Accessibility
It is important that the installation site be accessible to all installation personnel and all
accompanying installation tools and material.
NOTE…
Take into consideration the size and accessibility of the available access portals
(hatches and doorways) to your chosen installation site. Keep in mind the size
and weight of the equipment you will need to complete your installation…
Site Security
While it is important to have accessibility to the site for installation, it is also very
important for the site to be restricted from public accessibility once the SONAbeam is
commissioned.
WARNING!
Unrestricted public access to a commissioned SONAbeam terminal may
jeopardize your equipment and/or the reliability of your communications link…

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Site Stability
The surface stability of your mounting location is an important factor. Building thermal
expansion and/or surface vibrations can lead to a degradation of the performance of a
SONAbeam terminal.
Locating your SONAbeam terminals as close as possible to a supporting wall or the edge
of a building’s rooftop and as far away from such equipment as rooftop HVAC units will
often prove most effective.
Locating SONAbeam terminals near the edge of the rooftop (and facing that edge…) can
provide important advantages, including:
A reduction of surface vibrations…
A reduced likelihood of maintenance workers passing in front of a terminal
A reduced likelihood of new rooftop equipment being erected in front of the
terminal…
A reduction of the adverse effects of scintillated air, created by a hot roof
surface or ventilation ducts…
The following Application Notes are available on request:
 Application Note - Mounting SONAbeams on Buildings
 Application Note - Mounting SONAbeams on Towers
East-West Orientation
Mounting the unit directly facing the sun can cause saturation of the photo detector. This
may prevent the system from operating properly for a few minutes during a certain time
of the year due to sunrise or sundown. Mounting the units slightly away from pointing
directly at the sun can avoid this from happening.
Accessibility to Power, Ground and Communications Feeds
Suitable power, ground and communications feeds must be brought to your selected
mounting location.
Typically, interconnecting the indoor power source and communications terminations
with a SONAbeam terminal located outside will entail locating an appropriate roof
penetration point and running suitable conduit between your indoor and outdoor
locations.
WARNING!
All power, ground and communications feeds must be run in full compliance with
all local electrical and building safety codes…

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NOTE…
Providing a dedicated branch circuit for your power feed can eliminate scores of
disruptive problems once the SONAbeam terminals are commissioned…
Know the location of any associated switches and/or breakers…
To improve system reliability and electromagnetic compatibility, it is strongly
recommended to provide a low impedance ground conductor between the
mounting mast and a grounded building structure…
Line of Sight Clarity
It is imperative that SONAbeam terminals be located in associated positions that provide
clear and unobstructed line of sight between communicating SONAbeam terminals.
WARNING!
Consider the possibility of future developments when choosing your sites. A clear
line-of-site may be the case today, but what about ‘tomorrow’? The possibility of
future construction, added heating vents or HVAC equipment, smoke stacks, tree
growth, etc. may interrupt your installed link somewhere down the road…
Keep in mind the likelihood of temporary or seasonal obstructions that may
come between your communicating SONAbeam terminals…
Generating a Rooftop Site Map
The creation of an accurately dimensioned rooftop site map will provide invaluable
information for your eventual installation. The inclusion of digital photographs can be of
great value in this endeavour.
Having determined appropriate locations for the SONAbeam terminals and their
associated power, ground and communications feeds, a dimensioned rooftop map
indicating these locations and routes should be completed.
NOTE…
When locating terminals on your Site Map, be certain to include the estimated
azimuth and elevation to which each terminal will be aimed…
A well-crafted Site Map will prove to be a valuable asset, ensuring a well-planned and
successful installation.