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Terabeam Gigalink

Field Installation and Service Manual

Version 2.1

September, 2002

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT
TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS. (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL
INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED,
INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

IF THIS PRODUCT IS SUSPECTED OF CAUSING HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WITH
OTHER EQUIPMENT, DISCONTINUE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT
TERABEAM.

FCCID # O2700001-30-30

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Summary of Contents for Gigalink

Page 1: ...T TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS 1 THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND 2 THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION IF THIS PRODUCT IS SUSPECTED OF CAUSING HARMFUL INTERFERENCEWITH OTHER EQUIPMENT DISCONTINUE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT TERABEAM FCCID O2700001 30 30 ...

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Page 3: ...nd Installation Procedure 2 5 Electrical Services 2 6 Network Interfaces 2 8 Mechanical Installation 2 11 Selecting the Optimum Terminal Mounting Method 2 15 Rough Mechanical Visual Alignment 2 16 Final Terminal Alignment 2 16 Radio Terminal Power Up 2 17 Using Gigamon Software for Precision Alignment 2 18 Verifying Network Operation 2 22 3 Gigamon Software 3 1 Descriptions of Gigamon Components a...

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Page 5: ...deployment The key to any successful installation project is proper planning and design The Gigalink radio product has been designed for ease of installation and trouble free operation We recommend that you read and fully understand this guide prior to initiating the actual installation work As stated above the key to successful installation is proper system planning and execution As with most wir...

Page 6: ...ing Power DC Input Voltage 48 VDC 20 Maximum DC Input Current 1 5 Amperes DC Power Consumption 75 Watts Environmental Operating Temperature 20 C to 50 C 4 F to 122 F Storage Temperature 30 C to 85 C 22 F to 185 F Relative Humidity Up to 95 Non Condensing Mechanical Transceiver H x W x D 33 x 33 x 20 cm 13 0 x 13 0 x 7 9 in Transceiver Weight 17 lbs 7 7 kg FCC Compliance Statement The Terabeam Giga...

Page 7: ... not required to operate our Gigalink systems In addition the high atmospheric absorption of RF energy at this frequency virtually eliminates any chance of interference from competing systems or unauthorized interception of the transmitted signal The installation procedures detailed within this guide are similar to those used to install any wireless system In fact certain attributes of the 57 05 6...

Page 8: ...ctor kit mounting hardware and documentation and one containing the low band radio terminal DC Connector kit mounting hardware and documentation The contents of both boxes should be identical with the exception of the fiber optic loop back cable supplied only with one terminal Item Description Qty Supplied Re Order 1 Gigalink Radio Transceiver 1 Same as Model 3 Fiber Loop Back Jumper 1 SFOFC 01 4 ...

Page 9: ...ual Document Number 045 1032 0000 Revision Draft Release Date TBD Print Date 12 10 02 Proprietary and Confidential With receipt of system delivery each carton should be inspected to confirm complete content If any items are found to be missing installers should contact the factory to arrange delivery ...

Page 10: ...oring of critical radio parameters Before proceding with terminal installation the Gigamon GUI application must be installed on the technician s laptop computer NOTE Installing the Gigamon monitoring software in two laptop computers will simplify precision alignment If two laptops with Ethernet cards are available it is recommended that both receive the software System Requirements For proper oper...

Page 11: ...am menu 2 1 Copy W32N50 DLL to the Windows System directory usually the appropriate directory will be C WINNT SYSTEM 2 2 Copy PCANDIS5 SYS to the Windows System directory usually the appropriate directory will be C WINNT SYSTEM 2 3 Copy moncfg exe to the preferred path At the conclusion of the Installation Session a Gigamon Icon will be displayed on the Computer desktop Double clicking on this Ico...

Page 12: ...ction has been made power may be applied to the circuit Electrical Power The Gigalink Model 6451e terminaloperates on a single 48VDC supply Power may be provided from a regulated power supply or battery plant The installer must provide a 3 stranded conductor DC power cable of a gauge sufficient for the intended application Installers should use the guide below to determine the minimum wire gauge n...

Page 13: ...ed Gigamon adapter cable Figure 1 Item 4 can be permanently installed for the SNMP network connection by attaching a standard CAT 5 coupler and cable The Gigamon adapter cable is wired in a straight configuration to enable communication directly with the installer s laptop For connection to a network switch a length of cross connect cable is necessary between the radio terminal and switch The IF M...

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Page 15: ... Print Date 12 10 02 Proprietary and Confidential Figure 6 Terminal Power Network and SNMP Interfaces TX RX Type FC for Data Payload TX RX Type FC for SNMP and Monitor Proprietary 10BaseT Copper Monitor Port Power On Fuse status LED Indicators 50ohm IF Monitor Port load and Chain 3 Conductor Mil Style Power Connector Location of tapped hole for terminal ground lug ...

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Page 17: ...rnal fuse OK One Lit 48VDC present but internal fuse blown None Lit No 48VDC power present Mechanical Installation Attaching the Gimbal Mount Before actual terminal mounting can be accomplished it is necessary to attach the Pan and Tilt Gimbal Mount to the Gigalink radio terminal housing The necessary hardware for this attachment is provided with the Pan and Tilt Gimbal Mount 2289 1 and consists o...

Page 18: ...ndard Wall Mount WARNING It is the responsibility of the installer to assure that the radio terminal is mounted securely enough to prevent falling Particular care must be used when wall mounting the radio terminal above areas frequented by personnel In some cases it may be advisable to attach a safety chain or lanyard through the gimbal mount to provide additional security Gigalink Transceiver Pan...

Page 19: ...y fastened to the mounting locations the installer should visually align the terminals Visual alignment is accomplished by loosening both the C Bracket Attachment bolts and L Bracket Mounting bolts slightly With these 7 bolts loosened the terminal can be aligned aimed toward the other terminal by sighting along the radio housing body Once satisfied that both terminals are aimed at the each other a...

Page 20: ... and network services connected Terminal Power up Power up the Gigalink terminal as follows 1 Attach DC power cord securely to the radio terminal 2 Attach power leads to 48VDC source Red to 48VDC supply Black to 48VDC return and Green to Building Ground 3 Power up 48VDC circuit 4 Verify power on condition via Green Power on LED s located on the bottom of the terminal housing Connecting Network Ser...

Page 21: ...gamon Software for Precision Alignment The Gigamon software previously installed in the technician s laptop will be the primary tool used for precision alignment To initiate the Gigamon session install the SNMP adaptor cable between the laptop Ethernet adaptor and the proprietary 10BaseT connector on the radio terminal Figure 13 Gigamon Adapter Cable Connection SNMP Monitor Port GigaMon Adapter Ca...

Page 22: ...n and Service Manual Document Number 045 1032 0000 Revision Draft Release Date TBD Print Date 12 10 02 Proprietary and Confidential Follow these steps to initiate the Gigamon alignment tool 1 Double click the Gigamon Icon to launch the Gigamon utility Figure 14 Initial Gigamon Screen ...

Page 23: ... 2 7 Terabeam Gigalink Field Installation and Service Manual Document Number 045 1032 0000 Revision Draft Release Date TBD Print Date 12 10 02 Proprietary and Confidential 2 From the Action Menu select Refresh Figure 15 Gigamon Screen Refreshed ...

Page 24: ...el Precision alignment is made in both the vertical and horizontal plane up and down left and right separately one terminal at a time Begin alignment by aiming the radio terminal slowly up while observing the change in receive level Typically the receive level will rise then fall and then rise again slightly on both sides of the optimum alignment as the receiver moves from the center main beam to ...

Page 25: ...nt Care must be taken not to over adjust the alignment To facilitate precision alignment tighten all adjusting bolts to allow movement only when bumping terminal firmly with your hand An acceptable receive level will be indicated by the Blue Gigamon receive level indicator as a level approaching the Maximum recorded receive level Magenta line and as a level falling somewhere in the upper half of t...

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Page 27: ...ory 1 3 The main executable Gigamon exe in the preferred path the path selected by user during setup program 1 4 The help file Gigamon chm in the preferred path Hlp directory 1 5 The uninstaller file Uninst isu in the preferred path so that the user can uninstall Gigamon from the list in Add Remove Programs of Control Panel 1 6 A desktop shortcut and the program name in the program menu You need t...

Page 28: ...a hub switches and to configure monitor their parameters Gigamon will detect and read the parameters of multiple Gigalink terminals up to 8 at the same time but it configures monitors only the Gigalink currently selected After selecting Refresh from the Action menu the first Gigalink detected becomes the currently selected all the components of the main window display the parameter values of the c...

Page 29: ...k terminal is powered off and back on Color Convention The status colors of the Gigamon display are Black Unknown Green Safe range On Running Red Danger range Off Stopped Yellow Warning range Blue Current Latest read Value Grey Read Only Components of the Main Window MAC Address The MAC or Hardware address off the Gigamon utility resident in the Gigalink terminal This unique address is set at the ...

Page 30: ... displayed adjacent to the magenta line The blue inner rectangle represents the current value The current Rx Power s numeric value is also shown below the rectangle in a large font to facilitate alignment with higher visibility 6 Volt 15 Volt 15 Volt Vtune Gunn These are other variable values During Refresh and Run Gigamon retrieves the current values and displays these values as a blue horizontal...

Page 31: ... value for that terminal If Select and then OK buttons are pressed then Gigamon selects only the radio with the MAC address currently selected in Gigalink Radio MAC Address combo box as the currently selected active Gigalink Pressing Cancel button after Select undoes the selection and keeps previous selection of currently active radio Save Info As to open a dialog box Save Gigalink Info in a File ...

Page 32: ...lues for each Gigalink terminal detected in the current session These values are tab delimited and so they can be copied and pasted into an Excel spreadsheet Each line record has timestamps date and time with seconds resolution so the saved file may have several lines for the same Gigalink terminal if appending to an existing file or the user chooses Save Info As several time during the current se...

Page 33: ...ve Gigalink Info file data The Right portion of the Save Gigalink Info file data The Select Ethernet Adaptor window appears by menu option File Select Ethernet Adapter It also appears when program is launched if multiple network adapters are found in the computer It displays the device names and descriptions for all of the network adapters detected by Gigamon If Select and then OK buttons are pres...

Page 34: ...to prompt the user to save the retrieved data if desired 2 The Settings menu has the following options The Factory Settings command is used to set read only information such as serial number MAC address Version number and Manufacture date This option is for factory use only and remains disabled for the non factory user The Network and Security option from SNMP submenu of Settings menu opens Networ...

Page 35: ...he following SNMP related settable configurable parameters Gigalink SNMP Agent IP This value is needed for any SNMP monitoring software to request a Gigalink for any SNMP variable s value or to change value SNMP Get Set functions It is also needed for SNMP monitoring software to distinguish the source of any SNMP trap packet sent by any Gigalink terminal It may also be required for many other netw...

Page 36: ...s to the currently selected Gigalink and write that value into Gigalink terminal EEPROM image SNMP Get Set Operations The parameters Community String Net and Mask ensure security of the SNMP Get Set operations The Gigalink matches the Community String in the SNMP manager s Get Set request packet and also checks if the SNMP manager s IP address is within the range that is defined by Net and Mask If...

Page 37: ... Parameters and Setting Thresholds Triggering Parameters and Setting Threshold Screen These settings trigger parameters on off and define the threshold range for the triggered parameters The Gigalink terminal monitor will send the SNMP Host Manager an SNMP alert trap when a trigger enabled parameter goes beyond the set threshold range Checking an item s box will activate that parameter to be monit...

Page 38: ...riations in varactor voltage beyond the initial reading may indicate a tuning problem with the fundamental GUNN diode oscillator source The Vtune parameter does not offer a default threshold setting option nor will it trigger an alarm trap in response to changes to this reading Gunn The Gunn Oscillator current Enter Low for low threshold ranging 590 to 850 and enter High for high threshold ranging...

Page 39: ...of the current session if there is any unless any data was saved through the menu option Save Gigalink Info As from File menu before current Refresh action After receiving the reply s the refresh command will open the Refreshed Gigalink Information dialog box Refreshed Gigalink Information Screen The Refreshed Gigalink Information dialog screen is divided into 3 sections The upper left group shows...

Page 40: ...ues for that MAC Address will be displayed in a read only format After Refresh Gigamon displays the first Gigalink detected topmost entry in MAC combo list as the currently selected Gigalink To change parameter values for a Gigalink terminal that is not Currently Selected use the Select Gigalink command The Run command from the Align submenu of Action menu starts the Runmode where Gigamon continua...

Page 41: ...ve level A magenta horizontal line is displayed on the top of the blue receive level rectangle indicates the highest maximum achieved level A numeric value for the maximum receive level is displayed adjacent to the magenta line The blue inner rectangle represents the current value with the current Rx Power s numeric value shown below the rectangle in a large font to facilitate alignment with highe...

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Page 43: ...ubleshooting Indicator and Status Receive Level Indicator Synthesizer Lock PLL Lock TX Link RX Link Possible Cause of Malfunction Recommended Corrective Action 450 Green Green Green Green Normal operation No Action Necessary 450 Green Green Green Red Green Misalignment of Terminals Improve alignment Remote Terminal not powered up Verify Power to Remote Terminal Remote Terminal not Looped Back Veri...

Page 44: ...10 02 Proprietary and Confidential multimode High Optical power at Data In Port Check level with optical power meter Any Level Red Green Red Green Red Green Synthesizer in unlocked State Cycle power to restore lock schedule replacement terminal Any Level Green Red Red Green Red Green PLL in unlocked state Cycle power to restore lock schedule replacement terminal ...

Page 45: ... plug in the power supply to an AC source before you connected to the terminal 2 Check the connection between the management network or your PC and the terminal a Can you ping the terminal b Do you have the correct address c Is the cable bad d Does the same equipment and cable work on the remote terminal If so RMA the local terminal 3 Did the Gigamon software load without error messages a Have you...

Page 46: ...ce re check the terminal alignment 5 If Synthesizer Lock or PLL Lock at remote terminal a Power cycle the remote terminal b Replace RMA the remote unit if necessary 6 If none of the above resolves the issue RMA both the local and remote terminals Problem Receive Level Indicator Synthesizer Lock PLL Lock TX Link RX Link 450 Green Green Green Red Possible Causes Remote Terminal not powered up Termin...

Page 47: ...k 4 If Receive Level Indicator 450 a Terminals may be misaligned Make sure you re not on a sidelobe Find out if there have been high winds recently or currently b Rain Event What is the current weather Is there water sheeting the antenna c Obstruction in RF Path 5 If Synthesizer Lock or PLL Lock a Power cycle the remote terminal b Replace RMA the remote unit if necessary 6 If none of the above res...

Page 48: ...tical cable connectors are undamaged 2 Loop the Data In Data Out ports on the local terminal a If the RX Link indicator is Green the TX Link should go Green when it is looped back b If looping back the ports clears the alarm use each fiber cable individually to loopback the data ports This validates the fiber cables are not broken c If previous steps fail replace the unit 3 If none of the above re...

Page 49: ...tary and Confidential Troubleshooting Steps 1 If Synthesizer Lock or PLL Lock a Power cycle the remote terminal b Replace RMA the remote unit if necessary Problem Receive Level Indicator Synthesizer Lock PLL Lock TX Link RX Link Any Level Green Red Red Green Red Green Troubleshooting Steps 1 If Synthesizer Lock or PLL Lock a Power cycle the remote terminal b Replace RMA the remote unit if necessar...

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Page 51: ... timely and efficient service Terabeam asks that customers have the following information available when calling for technical support Customer name and contact information including company name name of individual placing the call and telephone number Identification of the product or component believed to be causing problem including the manufacturer model catalog number and serial number if know...

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