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Consolette Installation Guidelines
RF Operational Characteristics
Your ASTRO
®
Spectra
®
Consolette and ASTRO Spectra Plus Consolette contain a digital mobile wireless two-way
radio. When the Consolette is ON, it receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) energy.
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
Operational Cautions
• Because of danger of introducing additional hazards, do not install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized
modifications of equipment.
• DO NOT operate the transmitter of any Consolette unless all RF connectors are secure and all connectors are
properly terminated.
• All equipment must be properly grounded in accordance with Motorola Standards and Guideline for
Communications Sites “R56” 68P81089E50 and specified installation instructions for safe operation.
• Slots and openings in the Consolette housing are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the
product and to protect if from overheating, these slots and openings must not be blocked or covered.
• Only an authorized technician familiar with the Consolette should service equipment.
Lightning and Surge Suppression
General
The installation of Transient Voltage Surge Suppression (TVSS) devices is a requirement for all communication sites
and is essential for all facilities where communication-related electronics and electrical equipment are in use. Surges
and transient power anomalies are potentially destructive electrical disturbances, the most damaging being over-
voltage occurrences and short duration over-voltage events. Sometimes referred to as “spikes,” high-energy
transient power anomalies can arise from inductive load switching of other events within the power system or
capacitive and inductive coupling from environmental events, such as nearby lightning activity. Environmental and
inductive power anomalies are wideband occurrences with a frequency range from close to DC to well into the RF
high frequency spectrum. It is critical that each point-of-entry (AC, telephone, LAN, signal/control, and RF) into the
equipment area be protected against these anomalies. This protection is essential to reduce the risk of personal
injury, physical equipment damage, and loss of operations (equipment downtime).
Recommendations
To protect your equipment from lightning and surge damage, do the following:
• Install these TVSS devices as described in Chapter 9, “Transient Voltage Surge Suppression,” of the Motorola
Standards and Guideline for Communications Sites “R56” 68P81089E50 manual.
• Ground all RF transmission lines from the antenna structure to the shelter or building as described in Chapter 6,
“External Grounding,” of the Motorola Standards and Guideline for Communications Sites “R56” 68P81089E50
manual. Upon entering the building, all RF transmission lines shall route through a coaxial RF-type TVSS (or
Surge Protection Device).
Before using this product, read the operating instructions
for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF
Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio (Motorola
Publication part number 6881095C99).
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