Chapter 3. Hardware Installation
3.1. Overview
This chapter describes how to set up the Freeway communications server and connect it to the network.
1. Review the safety guidelines in the "Safety Precautions" section in
Chapter 1
.
2. Place your Freeway in the selected location. It can be installed in any standard 19-inch rack. It can also be set on
a table top where it will occupy about three square feet. There should be room to set a monitor nearby and
enough clearance to ensure that the air vents will not be blocked.
The Freeway 3112 has an autoswitching power supply to accommodate different voltages and AC frequencies
( 115 or 230 VAC at 50 or 60 Hz ). It must be near one grounded, three-wire electrical outlet.
The Freeway must also be near the LAN and WAN connectors that will be plugged into it.
Be sure the location meets the following environmental standards:
•
Operating temperature: 0
◦
- 40
◦
C ( 32
◦
- 104
◦
F )
•
Storage temperature: -20
◦
- +70
◦
C ( -4
◦
- +158
◦
F )
•
Humidity: 20% - 95% (@40
◦
C, non-condensing)
•
Vibration (Operating): 5 Hz to 500 Hz: 0.5 G (RMS)
•
Random Vibration (Non-operation): 5 to 20 Hz: 0.001 to 0.01 G2 per Hz, 20 to 500 Hz: 0.01 G2 per Hz
•
Shock (Operating): 2.0 G with 11 mSec duration, 1/2 sine wave
•
Acoustic Noise: Less than 52 dB sound pressure at +5
◦
to +28
◦
C ( +41
◦
to +82
◦
F )
•
Altitude: 0 - 10,000 feet (0 - 3048 meters)
•
Good ventilation
•
Little or no dust
3. Check that the shipping carton includes the following:
•
Freeway
•
Power cord
•
Serial Console cable (each end of the cable has both a 9-pin and a 25-pin connector)
•
Freeway Server Software distribution media (CDROM) with the Freeway User’s Guide and other supporting
documentation
If an ICP board is installed in your Freeway 3112, the shipping carton should also include (if these items were
ordered at the same time as your Freeway):
•
Appropriate cables to connect the ICP to the data communications equipment
•
Two- and three-headed loopback cables, one per Freeway
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