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Modular ICS 5.0 Companion Installer Guide
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Installing base stations
Before installing wireless equipment, ensure that a site planner
has determined base station locations and recorded them.
Before installing or relocating wireless equipment in the
United States, verify that you have approval from UTAM Inc.
by calling the Nortel Customer Response Center at 1-800-321-
2649. You will be given codes and credits that are necessary to
activate the system. Please see Software keys (U.S. only) on
page 64 before calling.
Positioning a base station
Avoid installing base stations on large concrete or marble
columns. This affects radio coverage. If possible, place the
base station at least 1m (40 in.) from such columns. Do not
mount a base station where metalwork is near the antenna
housings. Be careful not to damage existing wiring or panels.
Do not position base stations in ducts, plenums, or hollow
spaces used to transport environmental air except where the
duct, plenum or hollow space is created by a suspended ceiling
having lay-in panels or tiles. If more than one Companion base
station is required in one cell to meet traffic demands, position
all the base stations at the same cell center, as follows:
•
USA: a minimum of 54 in. and a maximim of 9 ft. 9 in.
apart from the center of one base station to the center of the
next
•
Canada: a minimum of 9 cm and a maximim of 1.5 m apart
from edge to edge
Never mount base stations in rows.
