CFIP Lumina Series Full Outdoor Unit

Installation Manual
Product code: I0DGET01

SAF Tehnika JSC 2009

The CFIP Series Full Outdoor Unit Installation Manual Rev. 0.2 Software version 1.0 SAF Tehnika A/S 2008

Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 Revision history ...................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Abbreviations............................................................................................................................... 3 Safety Precautions ................................................................................................................................. 4 Electrical Safety...................................................................................................................................... 4 Microwave Radiation ............................................................................................................................. 4

Getting Started ................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Unpacking and Inventory............................................................................................................ 4

2.1.1 2.1.2 Contents of Transportation Package for CFIP Lumina link .............................................................. 5 Package Weight and Dimensions ........................................................................................................ 5 CFIP Lumina Installation Tools ............................................................................................................ 5 Antenna Installation Tools..................................................................................................................... 5 CFIP Lumina Label ................................................................................................................................ 5

2.2

Required Installation Tools......................................................................................................... 5

2.2.1 2.2.2

2.3 3 4

Labels ............................................................................................................................................ 5

2.3.1

Installing CFIP Lumina Full Outdoor Unit (FODU) radiolink .................................................. 6 Basic configuration with Web/command prompt ..................................................................... 7 4.1 Assembling CFIP Lumina DC Connector................................................................................. 7 4.2 Initial configuration with Web GUI ............................................................................................. 8 4.3 Initial configuration with command prompt .............................................................................. 9 5 CFIP Lumina Full Outdoor Unit and Antenna Installation ...................................................... 9 5.1 Polarization Considerations ....................................................................................................... 9 5.2 Attaching CFIP Full Outdoor Unit to Antenna........................................................................ 10 5.3 Grounding the Full Outdoor Unit ............................................................................................. 11 5.4 Antenna Alignment .................................................................................................................... 11
5.4.1 5.4.2 5.4.3 Calculating Expected Received Signal Level (RSL) ....................................................................... 11 Alignment Procedure ........................................................................................................................... 11 RSSI Readings ..................................................................................................................................... 12

References ........................................................................................................................................ 12

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Proprietary notice The information presented in this guide is the property of SAF Tehnika, JSC. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted without proper permission from SAF Tehnika, JSC. The information and specifications contained in this document are subject to change without notice due to continuing introduction of software and/or design improvements. SAF Tehnika JSC has no liability for typing errors in this document or damages of any kind that result from the use of this document. Copyright Notice Copyright 2009 SAF Tehnika, JSC. All rights reserved.

1 Introduction
This manual describes how to install SAF CFIP series microwave radio link consisting of Full Outdoor Units (FODUs).

1.1

Revision history
Date
September, 2009

Revision
1.0

Comments
Document created

1.2

List of Abbreviations

128QAM 128-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 16APSK 16-Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying 256QAM 256-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 32APSK 32-Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying 64QAM 64-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 8PSK 8-Phase Shift Keying AC Alternating Current ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation AGC Automatic Gain Control ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange BNC connector - Bayonet Neill-Concelman coaxial connector DC Direct Current
FO Fiber Optics

FODU Full Outdoor Unit FTP File Transfer Protocol GUI Graphical User Interface IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers QPSK - Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying RSL Received Signal Level RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator Rx - Receive SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) Tx - Transmission
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1.3

Safety Precautions

Installation and service must be done by personnel having appropriate technical training and experience necessary to be aware of hazards during installation and/or service. The installation and/or service must be done under measures to minimize any danger to the involved person or any other person. Use the necessary safety devices when working on or around the mast. Be aware of the risk of falling objects. Consider the safety catch when hoisting the antenna and radio. Do not use any components (screws, nuts, etc.) other than those delivered together with the SAF Tehnika microwave radio equipment or recommended by SAF Tehnika.

1.3.1

Electrical Safety
The equipment meets the requirements for class I EN 60950 (protection against electric shock). All external circuits are TNV-1 (as defined in EN 60950). All equipment must be grounded before the power cable is connected. For electrical safety the DC power supply shall have reinforced insulation to the mains supply.

1.3.2

Microwave Radiation

The transmitter should be switched off before disassembling the equipment to avoid microwave radiation. No dangerous levels of microwave radiation exist outside the antenna while in operation when the antenna is connected to the radio, yet any part of the body shall not be exposed to the radiation in front of the open radio waveguide output closer than 20 cm while radio transmitter is turned on.

Figure 1.

2 Getting Started
2.1 Unpacking and Inventory
There are two types of packages, - the box for transportation and the commercial package. CFIP Lumina are packed in commercial packages whereas commercial boxes are packed in transportation boxes. Transportation package for two CFIP Lumina contains two trading packages for CFIP Lumina.
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2.1.1 Contents of Transportation Package for CFIP Lumina link

CFIP Lumina Full Outdoor Unit, 2 pcs.; CFIP Lumina mounting wrench, 2 pcs.; Documentation and software CD (optional); Twin BNC connector for RS-232 console port for FODUs, 1 pcs. (upon order); CFIP Lumina hermetical connector for power cable, 2 pcs.; Factory test report, 1 pcs. (in progress)

2.1.2 Package Weight and Dimensions

The following table lists all the included packages and their weight and dimensions.
Package type Commercial package for CFIP Lumina Transporting package for CFIP Lumina Weight of empty package [g] 486 700 Dimensions [mm] 532x365x75 562x385x283

2.2

Required Installation Tools

2.2.1 CFIP Lumina Installation Tools

FODU mounting wrench; Necessary tools for assembling the optical and power cables and connectors

2.2.2 Antenna Installation Tools

Voltmeter/multimeter with corresponding BNC adapter (it is not included in package); Binoculars and compass for clear sight installation.

2.3

Labels

2.3.1 CFIP Lumina Label

The label can be found on the front side of the unit. The label contains the following information (see samples in the picture below): - Model name (CFIP-18-Lumina). The FODU model name example is: - CFIP-13-Lumina for 13GHz FODU, - CFIP-23-Lumina for 23GHz FODU, etc, where: xx - frequency band of the FODU. - Product Number (I18GHT03L): product number contains information in which band side (L, H) the FODU operates. Letters A, B, C or D indicate specific subband. Unit Serial Number (3203601 00005); the serial number uniquely identifies the unit.

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Figure 2. Label of the CFIP Lumina High band side, operating in 18 GHz band

3 Installing CFIP Lumina Full Outdoor Unit (FODU) radiolink

The installation of CFIP Lumina link involves the following steps: 1. Initial equipment set up at the customers premises Unpack all equipment; Prepare necessary cables; Provide power to CFIP Lumina using appropriate power supply; Interconnect CFIP Lumina: - turn CFIP Luminas of one hop against ceiling (with flanges facing upward), or use attenuators and waveguide to interconnect CFIP Luminas (recommended option). (!) Attention! Be aware of interconnecting CFIP Lumina link by bouncing the signal from ceiling. Continuous operation in such mode may interfere with engaged band, therefore you must buy band first. 2. Connecting to Web interface management or serial terminal through Ethernet bridge port or serial management port in order to configure the equipment. Notes: The default IP address of Eth port is 192.168.205.10 or 192.168.205.11 (depends on Low or High band side model) and mask is 255.255.255.0. Use serial cable with twin BNC connector to connect ASCII console to interface termination device, using Hyper Terminal or similar application with the following settings: - Bits per second: 19200; - Data bits: 8; - Parity: None; - Stop bits: 1; - Flow control: None; use Ethernet patch cable to connect Web GUI or Telnet terminal to Ethernet management port; (!) Default username for Web, Telnet and FTP access is admin and password is changeme. 3. Configuration of equipment: perform basic configuration for each CFIP Lumina; Radio frequency, bandwidth and transmitter power: by default the transmitter power is switched off. Modulation: choose appropriate modulation with better sensitivity (e.g. 256QAM StrongFEC) or higher capacity (e.g. 256QAM WeakFEC) and with (e.g. 256QAM WeakFEC ACM) or without adaptive coding and modulation turned on. IP settings: IP address, netmask and gateway of the 10/100Base-T port; Remote host address. SNMP settings (optional): Specify SNMP trap manager IP address; Specify SNMP read and write community names;
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 Specify SNMP NMS hosts. Complete steps 2 and 3 for each CFIP Lumina. 4. CFIP Lumina and Antenna mechanical installation; this is discussed in chapter 5.

4 Basic configuration with Web/command prompt

4.1 Assembling CFIP Lumina DC Connector

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Figure 2.1. Assembling DC power weatherproof connector 1. 2. 3. 4. You will need: (1-6) DC connector components and (7) ready 2-wire DC power cable. Wider sealing rubber ring should be fitted inside from the front end of (6). Narrower sealing rubber ring should be fitted inside from the rear end of (6). Parts of the DC connector should be put on the cable in the sequence as shown
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5. DC power cable should be soldered in any layout. 6. Afterwards, part (6) should be tightened on to part (5). 7. Assembled DC power connector after tightening the last part (1)

4.2

Initial configuration with Web GUI

(!) Before you start Your connected laptop should be in the same subnet with manageable CFIP, so you can see them; that is why, the laptop Ethernet port settings should be set as follows: (in Microsoft Windows go to Control panel Network Connections Local Area Connection Properties Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties):
IP address 192.168.205.1; netmask 255.255.255.0; everything else is blank.

CFIP Lumina requires power source with the minimum of 35W to connect the laptop to the CFIP Lumina. Dedicated power supply can be purchased from SAF Tehnika as optional accessory. To know IP address, side value should be read from the label. See Chapter 2.3 for details.

If Low Side -> IP: 192.168.205.10 If High Side -> IP: 192.168.205.11

Connect to CFIP Lumina by entering IP address in the browser address line - by default 192.168.205.10 for the low side and 192.168.205.11 for the high side. When asked to log in, the default user name is admin and password is changeme. It is recommended to use the following or later versions of web-browsers:
IE v. 6.0 Mozilla Firefox v. 2.0.0.11 Safari v. 3.0 Opera v. 9.50

If everything was connected correctly, you will see a screen similar to this (with no alarm indications):

Figure 4. Web Interface - main window Otherwise please refer to The CFIP Series Full Outdoor Unit Technical Description and Configuration Guide or contact SAF support team techsupport@saftehnika.com STEP 1 To start basic configuration process, you must proceed with the configuration wizard. Configuration wizard; Go to Configuration

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Enter system name (CFIP Lumina identification name), change password for admin account and specify password for guest account. By default, the password for admin account is changeme and there is no password specified for guest account; Press Next step >>.

STEP 2 Enter IP address, IP mask, default gateway and remote link side IP address, if necessary; if 192.168.205.* subnet is not reserved for other purposes, it is recommended that CFIP devices stay in the same subnet to avoid confusions regarding IP addressing; Press Next step >>. STEP 3 Enter preferable bandwidth, modulation type; Press Next step >>. STEP 4 Enter preferable Tx power and Tx frequency; Press Next step >>. STEP 5 Check the settings; Press Execute configuration to confirm your choice. STEP 6 Repeat STEP 1-5 for the second CFIP Lumina; Go to Status screen to check link operation.

4.3

Initial configuration with command prompt

Command prompt is available using serial connection (Twin BNC) or Ethernet management port using Telnet or command prompt in Web interface for further details see the CFIP Series Full Outdoor Unit Technical Description and Configuration Guide. Default user name for Web and Telnet access is admin and password is changeme. Configuration steps using command prompt are the following: Check the system settings with command status Configuration required parameters: Tx power with the command radio txpower [<power dBm>]; Tx frequency with the command radio freq [<freq KHz>]; Channel bandwidth and modulation type with the command modem set <bandwidth> <modulation min> <modulation max> {StrongFEC|WeakFEC}; (!) Before you set above mentioned parameters, you must know what frequency and bandwidth you may use and at what power you may transmit. Name of the CFIP Lumina with the command system name <name>. Default name is SAF; IP address with the command net ip addr <addr>, if it is necessary; IP mask with the command net ip mask <mask>, if it is necessary; IP default gateway with the command net ip gw <gw>, if it is necessary; Remote IP address with the command net ip remaddr <remaddr> , if it is necessary; Save settings with the command cfg write; restarting with the command system reset; Check the settings made, modem and radio status with the commands status, modem status and radio status respectively.

5 CFIP Lumina Full Outdoor Unit and Antenna Installation

5.1 Polarization Considerations
The position of the CFIP Lumina determines the polarization of the radio signal. The waveguide flange can be used as the indicator, see picture in the next chapter. When attaching CFIP Lumina to the antenna, the antenna waveguide transition polarization must match with the CFIP Lumina polarization.
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(!) Polarizations must meet as perfect as possible at both ends of the link, otherwise you will be experiencing low RSL value.

5.2

Attaching CFIP Full Outdoor Unit to Antenna

Figure 5. Attaching CFIP Full Outdoor Unit to Antenna Fig. 5(1). You need only one tool to attach CFIP Lumina to the antenna. Fig. 5(2). Check antenna polarization and match it with CFIP Lumina polarization. Note, that antenna feed sticker must be removed before use. Fig. 5(3). Note, that lockings should be positioned in way it is shown on picture. Fig. 5(4). Use two guidance pins or 4 side lockings to choose preferable way of attachment. Lockings should be tightened diagonally in sequence as shown. Fig. 5(5, 6). Attaching tool allows tightening lockings in two different ways. Twist the tool clockwise. Fig. 5(7). Tightened lockings should look as shown on picture. (!) Mounting locks may differ from the ones shown in the image.

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5.3

Grounding the Full Outdoor Unit

Attach the site ground to the CFIP Lumina using the grounding screw provided on the CFIP Lumina housing, the location of the grounding screw is depicted in the picture below. Grounding screw

Figure 6.

5.4

Antenna Alignment

5.4.1 Calculating Expected Received Signal Level (RSL)

The expected RSL (receive signal level) can be calculated using path calculator provided by SAF Tehnika.

5.4.2 Alignment Procedure

The antenna alignment procedure can be made easier by placing one person at each antenna location during alignment process. However, alignment should be performed on one antenna at a time, each person alternatively turns antenna until the RSL is optimized. The following steps are required to properly align the antennas: 1. Start at one end of the link, connect a voltmeter to the RSSI port on the CFIP Lumina. Ensure the voltmeter is set to DC voltage and set on a range 0 2 volts. 2. Loosen the antenna hardware that is used for securing the antenna movement in the azimuth directions. 3. Roughly aim the antenna directing the main lobe to the far-end antenna. 4. Slowly sweep the antenna while observing the readings on the voltmeter. The higher is the voltage, the higher is the RSL. 5. Secure the azimuth adjustment hardware once main lobe is found and the highest signal level is achieved. 6. Loosen the antenna hardware that is used for securing the antenna movement in the elevation direction. Slowly sweep the antenna while observing the voltmeter. Once the signal is peaked, the elevation adjustment hardware can be secured. 7. Perform steps 1 through 6 on the opposite end of the link until the signal level is peaked for both azimuth and elevation.

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After the AGC voltages have been peaked on both ends of the link, observe the RSL indicated in Web management window. Ensure that the RSL is within +/- 5dB of calculated RSL.

5.4.3 RSSI Readings

To aid in the antenna alignment process, the following chart and table shows typical relationship of the RSL (Rx level) vs. RSSI port output voltage (RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator). The evaluated Rx level has the error +/-2 dBm.

6 References
All the documents comprised in this chapter can be ordered from SAF Tehnika or its sales representatives.

Technical Descriptions
Available technical descriptions: The CFIP Lumina Series Full Outdoor Unit Technical Description and Configuration Guide - a generic technical description of the CFIP series products, it comprises the installation and commissioning issues and accessories, functional description, technical data.

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