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PES1900Gi NR Operations Manual
Contents — vii
Contents
Chapter 1. Overview..............................................................................................................................................1
Using This Manual ...........................................................................................................................................1
General Information .........................................................................................................................................2
Functional Description .....................................................................................................................................3
Licensing..........................................................................................................................................................3
Technical Specification Summary ....................................................................................................................4
Ordering Information ......................................................................................................................................18
Ordering Information ......................................................................................................................................19
System Options and Assembly Part Number.......................................................................................... 20
Technical Services.........................................................................................................................................23
Contacting Peninsula Engineering Solutions ................................................................................................. 24
Chapter 2. Installation Instructions ..................................................................................................................25
Installation Overview......................................................................................................................................25
Receipt and Inspection of the PES1900Gi NR............................................................................................... 26
RepeaterNet Craft...................................................................................................................................26
Installation Equipment....................................................................................................................................27
Accessory Kits ........................................................................................................................................28
Pre-Installation Site Review ...........................................................................................................................29
Chapter 3. Mounting the Antennas...................................................................................................................31
Mount Antennas.............................................................................................................................................31
Antenna Configurations ..........................................................................................................................31
Antenna RF Cables ................................................................................................................................32
Coaxial Cable Installation .......................................................................................................................32
Lightning Protection .......................................................................................................................................33
Sweeping the Antenna Cables.......................................................................................................................35
Antenna Alignment.........................................................................................................................................35
Cell Site Antenna – toward Donor Cell Site ............................................................................................ 35
Service Antenna – toward coverage area ............................................................................................... 35
Measuring Antenna Isolation..........................................................................................................................36
Chapter 4. Mounting the PES1900Gi NR ..........................................................................................................41
Installation Overview......................................................................................................................................41
Mounting Associated Equipment and Space Planning................................................................................... 41
Mounting the Repeater ..................................................................................................................................42
Wall Mounting .........................................................................................................................................44
Pole Mounting.........................................................................................................................................46
Earth, Ground, and Lightning Protection........................................................................................................49
Chapter 5. Installing the Growth Cabinet..........................................................................................................53
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................53
Step 1 – Inventory Growth Cabinet Accessory Kit .................................................................................. 54
Customer Supplied Tools .......................................................................................................................56
Step 2 – Mount the Growth Cabinet........................................................................................................ 57
Step 3 – Upgrade RepeaterNet Software ............................................................................................... 60
Step 4 – Upgrade Repeater Firmware .................................................................................................... 60
Turning Off Power Amplifiers........................................................................................................... 61
Saving Configuration Files............................................................................................................... 62
Uploading New Firmware................................................................................................................. 64
Step 5 – Turn Off Power and Exit RepeaterNet ...................................................................................... 67
Step 6 – Connect the Second Channel Cabinet ..................................................................................... 67
Growth Accessory Kit: RF/Connect Cable and Power Cable...........................................................67
RF/Connect Cable ..................................................................................................................... 67
Power Cable .............................................................................................................................. 69
Installing the RF cable at the Main Repeater...................................................................................71
Installing the RF Cable at the Growth Cabinet.................................................................................79
Installing the Power Cable ............................................................................................................... 81
RF Cable Vertical Mounting Instructions.......................................................................................... 86
Step 7 – Power Up both Repeater Boxes ............................................................................................... 87