Badger Meter ORION AMR/AMI Hardware Solutions for Gas Utilities - Manual (Page 39)

Installation Manual
4 . Disconnect the enclosure bracket from the backplate
by removing the two (2) locknuts from each side of
the enclosure (Figure 49) . Retain the locknuts as
they will be used later to reattach the enclosure
bracket to the backplate .
5 . Carefully lift the enclosure (with enclosure bracket)
off the backplate using caution to not damage the
backhaul antenna cable .
Figure 49: Disconnect enclosure from backplate
6 . Three locknuts hold the TX/RX antenna mounting
bracket on the backplate (Figure 50) . Remove those
and separate the antenna bracket and antennas
from the backplate .
Figure 50: Remove antenna mounting bracket locknuts
7 . Once the antenna mounting bracket is removed,
reattach the enclosure (with enclosure bracket) to
the backplate .
8 . Attach the antenna bracket to the remote mounting
structure using either V-block mounting hardware
or Band-IT banding, depending on the structure .
The example shown in Figure 51 is using V-block
mounting hardware . A side view of the mounting
hardware is shown in Figure 52 .
Figure 51: TX/RX antenna bracket attached with V-block mounting
hardware
Figure 52: V-block mounting hardware side view
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