Operations Manual, HPA2, Compact Outdoor SSPA
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Section 3: Quick Start & Operation
3.0 Introduction
The Compact Outdoor SSPA is available with a standard RS232/485 serial communications
interface or an optional Ethernet & RS232/485 interface. This section summarizes the
connections to a remote computer for various remote communications.
Table 3-1
summarizes
the hardware connections of Port J4 for Ethernet-capable units;
Table 3-2
displays the
hardware connections of Port J4 for non-Ethernet-capable units.
3.0.1 Remote Communications Connections
Ethernet ready Compact Outdoor SSPAs can be identified by either serial number or label.
Compact Outdoor SSPAs with serial numbers greater than 300,000 are Ethernet ready. Also
Ethernet ready units have the following label affixed adjacent to the M&C connector, J4.
Ethernet ready units can be configured for either RS-232, RS-485, or Ethernet communica-
tions. The units cannot be used with multiple communication protocols simultaneously. The
user must select one of the three formats. Non-Ethernet units can be configured for either
RS-232 or RS-485 communications. The following figures show the proper configuration of J4
for each of the three communication formats.
ETHERNET READY
Figure 3-1: J4 Connections for Ethernet Communications
Baud Select 1
Chassis Ground
TX Enable
10 BASE-T RX-
10 BASE-T RX+
10 BASE-T TX+
10 BASE-T TX-
DEFAULT IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.9
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