Athena A060-Mini, Installation And User Manual

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Page 7 Wireless Communications
3.4.2 Pole mounting
The pole mounting kit will be needed to mount the terminal onto poles with diameters from 50 mm to 115
mm (2” to 4.5”).
3.5 Cabling
The terminal is delivered with an Ethernet cable terminated with a RJ-45 plug connector. To connect the
A060-Mini
®
link to your network, use a Cat 5e Ethernet cable with a maximum length of 100 m to the next
network node. Please verify too that the cable used is designed for outdoor environments (e.g. water,
solar UV). Since the power is supplied by the Ethernet cable, please make sure that network equipment
used supports Power over Ethernet Plus(PoE+).
3.6 Grounding / Lightning protection
The terminal must be properly grounded to provide protection against voltage surges.
In the event of a short circuit or lightning strike, effective grounding can prevent damage to building,
equipment, infrastructure and personnel. For installations in the USA, refer to Article 830 of the National
Electrical Code (Network-powered broadband communications systems). For all other countries,
implement protection in accordance with the safety standards and regulatory requirements of the country
in which the equipment is installed.
Athena Wireless strongly recommends the use of outdoor lightning protectors
3.7 Co-located applications
Owing to the compact size of the A060-Mini
®
integrated terminal, it is particularly suitable for co-sited
applications.
Possible configurations include:
• Back-to-back - doubles the link distance
• Parallel link - doubles data capacity or redundancy
• Star - hub and spoke
To deploy a co-sited application, please contact Athena Wireless to assist with devising an appropriate
site design.