Nortel Networks DCT1900 Base Station Mounting Outdoor, Outdoor Base Station Mounting Instruction

Technical Product Manual - DCT1900

Installation Instructions, Base Station – KRC 101 1371

1/2"

1/2"

5.5"

1/2"

1/2"

5"	1/2"
Bottom	1/2"

mounting location for

screw eye

1/2"

1/2"

5.5"

mounting points for the two wood screws to secure the Base Station mounting bracket

2.5"

Top 1.5"

2.25"

5"

Fig. 16-11 Mounting Locations

16.7Base Station Mounting - Outdoor

Warning: Installation of outside equipment is to be installed in accordance with required electrical code to include NEC 725, 800, 810 AND CEC 54, 60 (Lightning and ground requirements).

When mounting outdoors or to exterior building walls or large metal objects or to lamp posts, it is imperative that the Base Station is not placed directly up against any or these objects. Use of the outdoor/wall mounting kit, NTM 201 1718, is recommended. The following instructions are contained within the outdoor/wall mounting kit, NTM 201 1718.

Outdoor Base Station Mounting Instruction

Introduction

For outdoor and campus applications, standard (indoor) DCT1900 Base Stations are mounted in the weatherproof fiberglass housing. This industry recognized (NEMA, UL, IEC, CSA) housing is designed for pole or wall-mounting commercial electronic and telephone equipment in outdoor areas, as well as indoor industrial applications where chemical vapors and/or high dust contamination exists.

Precise determination of Base Station location is identified at the time of an RF site survey to provide optimal coverage (per Base Station). Housings can sometimes be directly mounted on building surfaces, however radio coverage is generally not optimal under this condition. In

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