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Trinity-300

Series

Installation and

Operational Guide

Repeatit AB

Tel: +46 8 570 106 66

Hamngatan 33

Fax: +46 8 570 106 67

172 66 Sundbyberg

E-mail: [email protected]

Sweden

www.repeatit.se

Summary of Contents for Trinity-323

Page 1: ...Trinity 300 Series Installation and Operational Guide Repeatit AB Tel 46 8 570 106 66 Hamngatan33 Fax 46 8 570 106 67 172 66 Sundbyberg E mail info repeatit se Sweden www repeatit se ...

Page 2: ...s are pre configured in Master mode with the same IP address user name and password IPaddress Username Password 10 0 0 1 admin public Log in to the units one by one and configure them in Master and Client mode so they connect to each other Installing the link Mount the first unit and point it towards the site of the second unit Power it up and make sure the Power LED is lit and the status LED blin...

Page 3: ... Adjust the first unit for best signal using the Status LED ...

Page 4: ... to reflect the correct distance between the units Note Make sure that the polarization on both units is the same Unaligned polarization will significantly reduce the signal strength For more information about antenna polarization and how to successfully tune the links for good performance refer to Repeatits Deployment Guideline document 2 ...

Page 5: ...ersupply 8 1 9 Finalizing the installation 9 Configuration 9 Alignment 9 Securing theinstallation 10 2 Configuration 11 2 1 Trinity 300series Configurationconcepts 11 Configuration areas 11 2 2 Configuring using the Trinity 300 series web interface 12 Modifying the configuration 12 Applying a new configuration 12 Saving settings to flash memory 13 Rolling back settings 14 2 3 Configuration paramet...

Page 6: ...tion 21 Status information 22 3 2 Link Diagnostic Tools 23 Spectrum analyzer 23 Speed test 24 3 3 Firmware upgrading 25 3 4 Restore to defaults 25 4 Support 26 5 Technical Specifications 27 6 Usage restrictions and legal information 28 CONTENTS 4 ...

Page 7: ...door radio equipment and aligning antennas Understanding or common knowledge about network equipment Made sure that the installation site is suitable and complies with local radio electrical and safetyregulations 1 2 Additional tools required Depending on the conditions at the installation site other tools might be needed including but not limited to Cat5E Ethernet cable RJ 45 crimp tool and RJ 45...

Page 8: ... Drill for wall mounting Ground cables Cable ties to secure cabling ...

Page 9: ...taking the units to the site configure one of them to be the Master and the other one to be the Client Normally this is done in an office environment Note that link throughput can be degraded by multipath effects and other RF related phenomenon in an office Therefore just make sure that the links connect to each other and have proper IP settings before taking them to the site 2 Mount the Trinity 3...

Page 10: ...updated in the web interface Distance should accurately reflect the distance in kilometers between the units ...

Page 11: ... a mast it could also be mounted on roof tops walls etc Note The Trinity units should be mounted with their antennas having a clear line of sight and free Fresnel Zones between them For more reading on this topic please refer to Repeatits Deployment Guideline Observe the antenna polarization and make sure they match at both installation sites If the sites are configured with different polarization...

Page 12: ...h the mountingbrackets 3 Attach the pole clamps to the unit using the supplied screws RJ 45 connector assembly for Trinity 300 Series The connector casing is delivered assembled unscrew the con nector you do not need to remove the gasket 4 1 Unscrew the sealing cap from the connector 2 Gently pull out the seal 3 Pull the cable through the sealing cap 4 Insert the RJ45 cable and make sure it is ful...

Page 13: ...to the both ends of the cable using the pin out table and diagram below PoE Wire Colour Function RJ 45 1 Twisted pair White Green Ethernet RxN 1 2 Twisted pair Green RxT 2 3 Twisted pair White Orange Ethernet TxT 3 4 Twisted pair Orange Ethernet TxN 6 5 Twisted pair Blue Power 4 6 Twisted pair White Blue Power 5 7 Twisted pair White Brown Power 7 8 Twisted pair Brown Power 8 1 7 Installing the pow...

Page 14: ...s and a web interface that shows detailed information about the link status and its signal strength Configuration The Trinity 300 units come with default settings and need to be configured before connecting to each other For optimal throughput you are recommended to accurately configure the distance between the units using the web interface on the master unit You should also modify the IP configur...

Page 15: ...rength Red No link Securing the installation When the Trinity 300 link is running and the antennas have been properly aligned the units must be secured in place to avoid the units moving due to strong winds If the units become misaligned the link might be lost Tightly fasten the mounting brackets to secure the unit in place and make sure the brackets and chassis are connected to ground Secure Ethe...

Page 16: ...d configuration areas These areas hold configuration data and each area contains one unique configuration instance Some areas contain different data depending on the unit status whilst some only contain static configuration data that neverchange The following different areas exists within a Trinity 300 series system Inactive area When you modify the configuration via the web interface all changes ...

Page 17: ...Trinity 300 series link can be fully configured using the built in web interface The following section will guide you through how to use the interface to modify the link configuration please refer to section 2 3 for details on the available configuration parameters Figure 2 Configuration view All configuration options in the Trinity 300 series can be found under the tab marked Configuration in the...

Page 18: ...or By changing between Radio settings Network settings QoS settings and System settings the information in the configuration pane is changed to allow you to reach the corresponding settings 3 Configuration pane The sections below describe these fields and how to make configuration changes in each one Next to most parameters you find a small question mark Click on one of those to get information ab...

Page 19: ...o change Note that if you attempt to set an invalid value such as a too large distance value or an invalid IP address the configuration modification will fail and the field containing invalid data is highlighted in red 2 Select the new value For example the regulatory domain is changed from France to Finland 3 Click the Set button at the bottom of the page This should result in France popping up t...

Page 20: ...e the browser to lose contact with the web GUI for a short while When it is back the new configuration area is active and stored in the RAM memory To make the changes permanent you have to click Save as shown in the figure below Figure 8 Select Save in order for the new configuration to be permanent 6 If Safe apply was selected before Apply was pressed the unit will roll back to the current workin...

Page 21: ...ct Stored settings from the drop down list and press the Load button The new settings are placed in the inactive area which means you have to apply and save when done Restore to default You can load the Factory defaults to restore the unit to a basic working condition It is also possible to restore the unit to default settings in one action without the need for an explicit Apply and Save by using ...

Page 22: ...r the clients Client The client will attempt to connect to any master that matches its configured remote MAC address Remote MAC Radio device MAC address of the remote peer Channel Specifies which radio channel that should be used Selecting Auto channel will make the unit sweep the spectrum and select a channel free from other transmissions Only required on the Master side Note For European ETSI do...

Page 23: ...l Note that when in Multi Point Master mode this setting only applies to broadcast management traffic the Max Transmit rate to the clients is set individually in the Client settings menu Link ID A link ID is an arbitrary up to 32 character long link identifier that allows you to differentiate between multiple links The link ID must be equal on the master and client for a connection to be establish...

Page 24: ...cial case If you are unsure about what rate to use please turn to your distributor Max transmit power per chain TxPower in dBm of the signal transmitted from the radio Most regulatory domains have a limit on how high the transmit power plus antenna gain may be Master Client time division How the send time is divided between Master Client For example 50 50 means that both the Master and the Client ...

Page 25: ...his will allow you to control the DFS CAC Channel Availability Check i e the amount of time to listen for radar before using a channel policy Selecting Regulatory will follow the rules ac cording to the selected regulatory domain this is the recommended setting Selecting Custom will allow you to enter a custom DFS CAC time Note Note that in Europe according to the ETSI EN 301 893 regulation there ...

Page 26: ...t result in the loss of Ethernet connectivity if the there is a mismatch with your switch configuration DNS Specifies one or more name servers The default configuration contains two working servers Ethernet speed Allows for Ethernet speed configuration The default value is Auto negotiation Enable SNMP Enable SNMP version 2c for monitoring QoS settings QoS settings Allows for Pbit Ethernet Layer 2 ...

Page 27: ... level link status indicator Off No sound Combined Indicate for the weaker of both chains Chain 1 Indicate for chain 1 only Chain 2 Indicate for chain 2 only Signal indication sounds 0 3 s beeps at 0 33 Hz In radar or test scan signal strength indication unavailable until it s completed 0 01 s beeps at 0 33 Hz No connection 0 01 s beeps at 1 Hz Connection in progress 0 01 s beeps at 3 3 50 Hz Conn...

Page 28: ...r keep on without the sync Enable cloud management server Login to the free cloud management server Use RCS Enable Disable the use of Repeatits network management system RCS RCS IP host The IP address of the RCS server SSLPort SSL port number for the RCS server The default port number is 9998 Password Password for node communication with the RCS server NTP Enable disable the usage of NTP Network T...

Page 29: ...ndication bar shows if the unit is a Master or a Client and gives the connectivity status The Link qualities for the two antenna branches are also shown both graphically and as two dBm and RSSI values The dBm values show the actual signal strength as measured by the equipment while the RSSI level is measured as the difference in received signal strength and noise floor level Repeatit s Deployment ...

Page 30: ... Radio Status parameters Frequency The current frequency of operation Channel The current channel that is used by the link Channel bandwidth The frequency bandwidth used by the link Note that there is a dependency between frequency used and available Tx Power for the link If the frequency is doubled the average output power is reduced with 3dB Time division Tx Rx How much of the air time that is u...

Page 31: ... first 20MHz used by the link If you use less than 20MHz the RSSI levels will also be shown here RSSI Ext Chain1 Chain2 In cases where an additional 20MHz spectrum is used by the link the RSSI for that spectrum is shown here So this row will only be visible when 40MHz spectrum is configured for the link Remote radio status The figure below shows the status information of the remote radio The param...

Page 32: ...uptime The time the link has been up since last power up reconfiguration or reboot Remote MAC The read MAC address of the remote side of the link Current Max Theoretical Throughput Tx Rx The max theoretical throughput shows what to expect from the link It takes into account the Tx Rx time division and removes system overhead System status The figure below shows the system status information The pa...

Page 33: ...from this view the statistics will not give a good picture of what the actual link throughput is just what the link performance looks like The parameters are described below Figure 17 Link status Throughput The TX and RX throughput is mainly used for troubleshooting purposes Increase in injected traffic reflects in an increase of throughput Total packets The total packets show how many data packet...

Page 34: ...s generated Many checksums errors could on one side of the link indicates interference on that side PHY errors When a receiver sees energy over a certain threshold but cannot decode anything it generates a PHY error If one of the link units Master or Client is subject to interference or increased noise floor from other equipment in the vicinity the PHY error rate may increase Consider moving the e...

Page 35: ...een retransmitted the maximum number of times without success and hence are dropped Duplicates If the receiver gets the same packet more than once it means the remote end has not received the acknowledgement packet for the first transmission Duplicates indicate how many copies of the same packet that was received during the past 5 seconds ...

Page 36: ...und noise The spectrum analyzer shows the amount of environmental RF energy for each available channel classified as valid OFDM signals and other RF noise Refreshing the spectrum noise information requires the unit to disable the link and listen for a short time less than a second on each channel this operation might take several minutes to complete and during this time the link will be out of ser...

Page 37: ...ailable raw radio throughput 10 of your link The speed test takes approximately 5 10 seconds to complete and does not interrupt normal traffic Up to 10 test runs are stored 4 shown in the figure below so that you are able to monitorimprovements or link degradations Figure 21 Speed test ...

Page 38: ...requently to look out for new firmware versions which are downloadable from there To upgrade the firmware follow the steps below 1 Download the latest software to your computer from Repeatits web site http www repeatit se product support trinity The result should be that you have the img file stored Figure 23 Download the latest Trinity firmware from the web site 2 Navigate to the Admin tab in the...

Page 39: ...e is rebooted you can close the window The unit should be accessible shortly after that Note Never plug out the power or interrupt a firmware upgrade in some other way Tip Always upgrade the unit on the remote side of a link first when performing a firmware upgrade 3 4 Restore to defaults There are three ways to restore a unit to its factory default settings 1 On the Admin tab in the web interface...

Page 40: ...There is also Restore to default client software available at http www repeatit se support This software will automatically detect any Repeatit units within the first few minutes after boot and allows you to restore the unit to its default settings Tip Use the RTD client to detect units for which you do not know the IP address ...

Page 41: ... well as firmware updates for the Trinity 300 product series can be obtained from Repeatits web site at http www repeatit se There you will also find product news FAQs and other useful information related to our products ...

Page 42: ...ion IEEE with Auto negotiation IEEE 802 3 802 3 802 3 Number of Ethernet Ports 1 1 1 Framing Coding IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3u Traffic Handling MAC layer bridging self MAClayerbridging MAClayerbridging learning 802 1q transparent self learning 802 1q transparent self learning 802 1q transparent DataLatency 2ms typical 2ms typical 2ms typical Packets second 40000 40000 40000 VLANIDforManag...

Page 43: ...ry requirements applicable for the 5GHz bands Requirements for individual countries may change Repeatit recommends that you check w ith your local regulatory agency for the latest status on regulations for 5GHz fixed radio links Overwiew of Regulatory Requirements Frequency band Max power level mW EIRP Usage 5150 5350 5470 5725 200 23 dBm 1000 30 dBm Indoor ONLY Indoor andoutdoor The Regulatory li...

Page 44: ... 5150 5350 MHz is also allowed for outdoor useage Italy The use of 5 8GHz 5725 5850 MHz is forbidden in Italy United Kingdom A license from Ofcom ofcom org uk is required for use of the 5 8GHz 5725 5850 MHz band in the United Kingdom ...

Page 45: ...he receipt needs to contain the products serial number or similar identification 2 If Repeatit repairs or replaces the product the repaired or replaced product will be covered by the original warranty during the remainder of the guarantee period During repair some parts might be replaced These parts are then the property of Repeatit AB 3 The warranty does not cover normal wear and tear faulty usag...

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