ExpWave 240B Secure Outdoor Ethernet Radio Link

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

This chapter explains the physical ports and how to connect the hardware of ExpWave.

2.1 Hardware Description

The content of the ExpWave 240B are described below.

1. The outdoor unit

The outdoor unit has one antenna port, one data/power port and one console port. The antenna port is N-Type female connector used to connect to the omni-directional antenna or to the RF cable then to the flat panel antenna. The data/power port is used to link to the cable from the power injector. When the outdoor unit and the network/power injector are connected together, the outdoor unit is turned on and initialized if the network/power injector in the indoor is also installed successfully. The console port is only used at the initial setup and is used to connect to the antenna alignment kit. The physical looks of the outdoor unit are shown on Fig.2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.

Figure 2-1 Front view of ExpWave

Figure 2-2 Bottom view of ExpWave

The physical interfacse on the bottom of EXPWAVE 240B are the POE (Power over Ethernet) and RS-232 port. Both ports are equiped with special water-proven connector. Table 2-1 describe the function of those connectors

Table 2-1 Connectors of bottom

Function

Label

Interface

Description

Signal &

 

8-pin female connector

Connecting to the indoor interface unit supplying the

Power

 

with special water proof

power and signal

Console (TBD)

 

8-pin male connector with

Connecting to the PC for diagnostics &

 

 

special water proof

troubleshooting

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ZyXEL Communications 240B manual Hardware Installation, Hardware Description, Outdoor unit, Connectors of bottom

240B specifications

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