Document Outline

• 1 About This User Guide
  • 1.1 Interpreting Typeface and Other Conventions
  • 1.2 Getting Additional Help
  • 1.3 Sending Feedback
• 2 Avoiding Hazards
  • 2.1 Preventing Overexposure to RF Energy
    • 2.1.1 Calculations for Separation Distances and Power Compliance Margins
      • 2.1.1.1 Calculated Distances and Power Compliance Margins
• Getting Started
  • For Your Safety
  • 3.2 Welcome
    • 3.2.1 About This Guide
    • 3.2.2 Who Should Use This Guide
    • 3.2.3 Contact Information
    • 3.2.4 Repair and Service
  • 3.3 Product Description
    • 3.3.1 The Outdoor Unit (ODU)
    • 3.3.2 PIDU Plus – PTP 600 Series Bridge
    • 3.3.3 Redundancy and Alternate Powering Configurations
      • 3.3.3.1 External DC Supply Only
      • 3.3.3.2 External DC Supply and AC Supply
      • 3.3.3.3 External DC Supply and Redundant AC Supply
    • 3.3.4 Remote LEDs and Recovery Switch
    • 3.3.5 Cables and connectors
    • 3.3.6 Surge Arrestor
    • 3.3.7 Mounting Brackets
    • 3.3.8 Configuration and Management
  • 3.4 Warranty
• 4 Product Architecture
• 5 General Considerations
  • 5.1 Spectrum Planning
  • 5.2 Region Codes
  • 5.3 Operational Restrictions
    • 5.3.1 Radar Avoidance
    • 5.3.2 RTTT Avoidance and Other Channel Use Restrictions
  • 5.4 5.4GHz Specific Frequency Planning Considerations
    • 5.4.1 Raster Considerations
    • 5.4.2 Transmit Power Reduction at the Band Edges
    • 5.4.3 5.8GHz Specific Frequency Planning Considerations
    • 5.4.4 Raster Considerations
    • 5.4.5 Transmit Power Reduction at the Band Edges
  • 5.5 Distance
  • 5.6 Networking Information
  • 5.7 Lightning Protection
  • 5.8 Electrical Requirements
• 6 Site Planning
  • 6.1 Site Selection Criteria
    • 6.1.1 ODU Site Selection
    • 6.1.2 PTP 600 Series Bridge PIDU Plus Site Selection
    • 6.1.3 Path Loss Considerations
    • 6.1.4 Aggregate Ethernet throughput rate v maximum link loss
• 7 Installation
  • 7.1 Preparation
  • 7.2 Installation Procedure
  • 7.3 Tools Required
  • 7.4 Installation Support
  • 7.5 Legal Disclaimer
  • 7.6 Mounting the ODUs
  • 7.7 Connecting Up
    • 7.7.1 Preparing The PIDU Plus To ODU Cable
    • 7.7.2 Making the Connections at the ODU
    • 7.7.3 Making the PTP 600 Series Bridge PIDU Plus Connection At The ODU
    • 7.7.4 Routing the Cable
    • 7.7.5 Fitting A Surge Arrestor
    • 7.7.6 Grounding the Installation
    • 7.7.7 Making the ODU Connection at the PTP 600 Series Bridge PIDU Plus
    • 7.7.8 Making the Network Connection at The PIDU Plus – PTP 600 Series Bridge
    • 7.7.9 Mounting the PTP 600 Series Bridge PIDU Plus
    • 7.7.10 Powering Up
    • 7.7.11 Aligning the PTP 600 Series Bridge ODUs
• 8 Web Page Reference
  • 8.1 Home Page – PTP 600 Series Bridge
    • 8.1.1 Home Page Alarm Display
  • 8.2 Systems Status Page
  • 8.3 System Administration Pages
    • 8.3.1 System Configuration
      • 8.3.1.1 General Configuration Page
      • 8.3.1.2 LAN Configuration Page
      • 8.3.1.3 LAN Configuration Page – Use VLAN For Management Interfaces
      • 8.3.1.4 LAN Configuration Page – Manual Ethernet Configuration
      • 8.3.1.5 Save and Restore Configuration File
      • 8.3.1.6 Telecoms Configuration Page
    • 8.3.2 Statistics Page
    • 8.3.3 Detailed Counters Page
    • 8.3.4 Install Pages
      • 8.3.4.1 Manually Configuring The Wireless Units
      • 8.3.4.2 Internet Protocol Configuration
      • 8.3.4.3 Telecoms Interface
      • 8.3.4.4 Wireless Configuration
      • 8.3.4.5 Disarm
    • 8.3.5 Graphical Install
    • 8.3.6 Software Upgrade
    • 8.3.7 Spectrum Management
      • 8.3.7.1 Wireless Channels
      • 8.3.7.2 Spectrum Management Measurements
      • 8.3.7.3 Measurement Analysis
      • 8.3.7.4 The Spectrum Management Master / Slave Relationship
      • 8.3.7.5 Spectrum Management Configuration
      • 8.3.7.6 Barring Channels
      • 8.3.7.7 Local and Peer Channel Spectrum Graphics
      • 8.3.7.8 Active Channel History
      • 8.3.7.9 Viewing Historic Spectrum Management Metrics
    • 8.3.8 Spectrum Management (Fixed Frequency and WIMAX)
    • 8.3.9 Spectrum Management Control - With Operational Restrictions
    • 8.3.10 Remote Management Page
      • 8.3.10.1 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
      • 8.3.10.2 Supported Management Information Bases (MIBS)
      • 8.3.10.3 SNMP Configuration
      • 8.3.10.4 SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol)
      • 8.3.10.5 SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)
      • 8.3.10.6 Setting the clock
    • 8.3.11 Diagnostics
      • 8.3.11.1 Diagnostic Plotter
      • 8.3.11.2 Diagnostics Download
    • 8.3.12 Change System Administration Password
    • 8.3.13 License Key
    • 8.3.14 Properties
    • 8.3.15 Reboot
• 9 Recovery Mode
  • 9.1 Upgrade Software Image
  • 9.2 Reset IP & Ethernet Configuration
  • 9.3 Erase Configuration
  • 9.4 Reboot
• 10 Fault Finding
  • 10.1 Hardware
    • 10.1.1 Power
    • 10.1.2 Ethernet
    • 10.1.3 Checking your wiring
  • 10.2 Radio
    • 10.2.1 No Activity
    • 10.2.2 Some Activity
• 11 Lightning Protection
  • 11.1 Overview
    • 11.1.1 Lightning Protection Zones
  • 11.2 Detailed Installation
  • 11.3 Testing Your Installation
    • 11.3.1 Pre-Power Testing
    • 11.3.2 Post-Power Testing
• 12 Wind Loading
  • 12.1 General
  • 12.2 Calculation of Lateral Force
  • 12.3 Capabilities of the PTP 600 Series Bridges
  • 12.4 Wind Speed Statistics
• 13 PTP 600 Series Bridge – Connectorized Model
  • 13.1 Scope
  • 13.2 Product Description
    • 13.2.1 Hardware
    • 13.2.2 Antenna Choices – 5.8 GHz
  • 13.3 Software/Features
    • 13.3.1 Status Page
    • 13.3.2 Configuration Pages
    • 13.3.3 Installation Pages
  • 13.4 Deployment Considerations
  • 13.5 Link Budget
  • 13.6 Regulatory Issues
    • 13.6.1 Antenna Choice (FCC Regions Only)
    • 13.6.2 Cable Losses (FCC Regions Only)
  • 13.7 Antennas for USA / Canada
  • 13.8 Installation
    • 13.8.1 Antenna Choice
    • 13.8.2 Cables and Connectors
    • 13.8.3 Tools
    • 13.8.4 Miscellaneous supplies
    • 13.8.5 Mounting the Connectorized 600 Series Bridge
    • 13.8.6 Mounting the antennas
    • 13.8.7 Alignment Process
    • 13.8.8 Aligning Dual Polar Antennas
    • 13.8.9 Aligning Separate Antennas
    • 13.8.10 Completing the Installation
    • 13.8.11 Antenna Cable Fixing
    • 13.8.12 Antenna Connection Weatherproofing
  • 13.9 Additional Lightning Protection
    • 13.9.1 ODU Mounted Outdoors
    • 13.9.2 ODU Mounted Indoors
• 14 E1/T1 Installation Guide
  • 14.1 Preparing the PTP 600 Series Bridge E1/T1 Cable
  • 14.2 Making the Connection at the ODU
  • 14.3 Routing the Cable
  • 14.4 Fitting a Surge Arrestor
  • 14.5 Customer Cable Termination
  • 14.6 Lightning Protection
    • 14.6.1 Overview
    • 14.6.2 Recommended Additional Components for E1/T1 Installation.
  • 14.7 Surge Arrestor Wiring
  • 14.8 Testing Your Installation
    • 14.8.1 Pre-Power Testing
• 15 Data Rate Calculations
• 16 AES Encryption Upgrade
  • 16.1 Configuring Link Encryption
    • 16.1.1 License Keys
    • 16.1.2 Encryption Mode and Key
  • 16.2 Wireless Link Encryption FAQ
    • 16.2.1 Encryption data entry fields are not available
    • 16.2.2 Link fails to bridge packets after enabling link encryption
• 17 Legal and Regulatory Notices
  • 17.1 Important Note on Modifications
  • 17.2 National and Regional Regulatory Notices – 5.8 GHz variant
    • 17.2.1 U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada (IC) Notification
    • 17.2.2 European Union Notification
    • 17.2.3 UK Notification
  • 17.3 National and Regional Regulatory Notices – 5.4 GHz Variant
    • 17.3.1 U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada (IC) Notification
    • 17.3.2 European Union Notification
  • 17.4 Exposure
  • 17.5 Legal Notices
    • 17.5.1 Software License Terms and Conditions
    • 17.5.2 Hardware Warranty in U.S.
    • 17.5.3 Limit of Liability
• 18 Glossary
• 19 FAQs
• 20 Index
• Specifications
  • 21.1 System Specifications
    • 21.1.1 Wireless 5.4GHz Variant
    • 21.1.2 Wireless 5.8GHz Variant
    • 21.1.3 Management
    • 21.1.4 Physical
    • 21.1.5 Powering
    • 21.1.6 Telecoms Interface
  • 21.2 Safety Compliance
    • 21.2.1 5.4 GHz Variant
    • 21.2.2 5.8GHz Variant
  • 21.3 EMC Emissions Compliance
    • 21.3.1 5.4GHz Variant
    • 21.3.2 5.8GHz Variant
  • 21.4 EMC Immunity Compliance
  • 21.5 Radio Certifications
    • 21.5.1 5.4GHz Variant
    • 21.5.2 5.8GHz Variant
  • 21.6 Environmental Specifications
  • 21.7 System Connections
    • 21.7.1 PIDU Plus to ODU and ODU to Network Equipment Connections