HotPort 5020-M node installation
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Some salt compounds are corrosive and can cause copper ground rods to
corrode.
To prepare the soil for ground rods:
1.
If the soil contains rocks or sand, insert the ground rods into the ground.
2.
Pull out the ground rods.
3.
Put in an approved ground enhancement material into the holes where the
grounding rods go.
4.
Put in the ground rods.
Grounding a HotPort node
The certified installer is responsible for the calculation of the correct gauge of
the wire to be used to ground a mesh node.
Caution.
If the structure to which the node is attached is not properly
grounded, the node can be damaged by a power surge.
To ground a HotPort node:
1.
Calculate the correct gauge of wire to be used in this procedure. Refer to the
National Electrical Code for grounding information.
Caution.
The certified installer is responsible for the correct calculation
of the wire gauge and other accessories that might be required to
ensure proper earth ground.
2.
Terminate all antenna connectors. See the next picture.
a.
Cut three correct lengths of the correct gauge of wire.
b.
Attach the terminal lug and 50 Ohm antenna terminator to each of
the three antenna connectors.
c.
Attach the antenna cable.
d.
Insert the wires to the antenna connectors as shown in the next
picture.
e.
Crimp the lug that holds with the wire for antenna connector 1.
f.
Crimp the lug that holds the wire from antenna connectors 1 and 2.
g.
Crimp the lug that holds the wire from antenna connectors 2 and 3.
Ground wire from antenna
connector 1 to 2
Crimp here
Ground wire from antenna
connector 1 to 2
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