BLiNQ Networks Inc.
X-1200 System Installation Guide
Release 1.0
Confidential - Restricted Use and Duplication
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Installing the Remote Backhaul Module
Refer to Chapter 6, “
Installing the Modules (General)
” and perform these steps to properly install the
Remote Backhaul Module (RBM).
Figure 38, “RBM Module Showing All Connectors” shows the RBM with all RBM connectors indicated.
Figure 38 RBM Module Showing All Connectors
8.1
Using the BSI Feature and Adjusting the Module
Pointing Mode or Best Signal Indicator (BSI) is an RBM operating mode which allows you, the installer, to
easily determine the direction of the best quality RF signal from the desired HM, and point the RBM
toward that HM before tightening the RBM down to its mount. You enable and disable the BSI feature
through the X-1200 WebUI.
While in BSI mode, the RBM emits a continuous varied-pitch tone to reflect the quality/strength of the
RF signal it receives from the HM. When the frequency of the tone from the RBM is louder and higher,
this indicates that the RF signal from the HM is of better quality. You move the RBM on its axis and bolt
it down to its mount when the loudest and highest frequency tone is heard — indicating the best signal
from the HM has been found. You then create a radio link by inserting an Ethernet cable into the
Ethernet port on the RBM. This allows the RBM to lock on to the signal and exit BSI mode.
Following is a more detailed list of the RBM’s expected behavior tones when it is in BSI mode:
On detection of the desired HM, the RBM sounds a continuous tone.
If the RBM does not steadily sound a continuous tone after 2-3 minutes in a specific direction
that indicates it is not able to find the desired HM in that direction.
When changing the direction, as the received signal quality increases, so will the frequency and
volume of the tone and vice versa.
RJ45 Ethernet Connector
Grounding Lug
Power
Connector
Status LED
SFP Connector:
Can be a cap or
gland
