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Chapter 2: First Time Installation
ZoneDAS User Guide
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First Time Installation
Overview
This chapter takes the user through setting up ZoneDAS for the first time. In addition to
providing step-by-step instructions, it goes through basic system concepts (some of which
are unique to ZoneDAS) and briefly explains many parts of the Web Configurator
(ZoneDAS’s browser interface). For a comprehensive coverage of each Web Configurator
menu item, explaining all the LED lighting codes and selectable items, please refer to the
chapters that follow, starting with Chapter 3.
System Setup
There are two steps to setting up ZoneDAS for the first time: Preparation and Configuration.
Preparation refers to the hardware placement and installation that must be done before
configuration starts. Configuration refers to the software adjustment of settings and
parameters. This section provides a brief overview of each; the next section explains
Configuration in detail.
2.2.1 Preparation
ZoneDAS setup and planning is quick and easy, but it is still prudent to do everything in the
proper order and tick items off a list. Here we provide a list of everything that must be done
before software configuration can begin.
1.
Decide where to place the BU and all the RUs.
a.
make sure the BU can access source signals from its planned location
b.
make sure that each RU will be within a 100-meter cabling distance from the BU
2.
Run CAT5e (or higher spec’d) cables from the BU location to each RU location.
3.
Physically install the BU and RUs at their planned locations. For this, please see the BU
and RU Hardware Installation Guides.
4.
Connect each RU to the BU with the CAT5e cables.
5.
Connect each RF signal source to the BU.
a.
Before connection,
be sure
that the RF signal is
always below +30dBm
(1W).
Anything above 30dBm will permanently damage the BU! The specified
operational range for ZoneDAS is 0 ~ +24 dBm, while the recommended input
signal range is 0 ~ +15 dBm.