10. Safety, environment, licensing ................................................................................................... 118
10.1. Frequency ...................................................................................................................... 118
10.2. Safety distance ............................................................................................................... 118
10.3. High temperature ............................................................................................................ 118
10.4. RoHS and WEEE compliance ........................................................................................ 118
10.5. Conditions of Liability for Defects and Instructions for Safe Operation of Equipment .... 119
10.6. Important Notifications .................................................................................................... 119
10.7. Product Conformity ......................................................................................................... 120
A. Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................. 122
Index ................................................................................................................................................ 124
B. Revision History .......................................................................................................................... 127
List of Figures
1. RipEX radio router ........................................................................................................................... 7
2.1. Bridge mode example ................................................................................................................ 15
2.2. Addressing ................................................................................................................................. 20
2.3. Optimised addressing ................................................................................................................. 21
2.4. Monitoring ................................................................................................................................... 25
3.1. Application bench test ................................................................................................................ 28
3.2. Signal path ................................................................................................................................. 29
3.3. Multipath propagation ................................................................................................................. 31
3.4. Antenna location ......................................................................................................................... 32
3.5. Main lobe .................................................................................................................................... 33
3.6. Dominant repeater ...................................................................................................................... 34
3.7. Isolated branches ....................................................................................................................... 34
3.8. Antenna mounting ...................................................................................................................... 36
4.1. RipEX dimensions, see more ..................................................................................................... 37
4.2. L-bracket and Flat-bracket, see more ........................................................................................ 37
4.3. Connectors ................................................................................................................................. 38
4.4. Antenna connector TNC ............................................................................................................. 38
4.5. Separated Rx and TX antennas ................................................................................................. 39
4.6. Supply connector ........................................................................................................................ 40
4.7. Power and Control - cable plug .................................................................................................. 40
4.8. RJ-45F ........................................................................................................................................ 41
4.9. Serial connector ......................................................................................................................... 41
4.10. Serial connector ....................................................................................................................... 42
4.11. Reset ........................................................................................................................................ 42
4.12. GPS Connector SMA ............................................................................................................... 43
4.13. Indication LEDs ........................................................................................................................ 43
4.14. Part Number ............................................................................................................................. 50
4.15. Assembly dimensions with fan ................................................................................................. 51
4.16. Dummy load ............................................................................................................................. 51
4.17. L-bracket .................................................................................................................................. 51
4.18. Flat bracket ............................................................................................................................... 52
4.19. 19" Rack shelf .......................................................................................................................... 52
4.20. X5 adapter ETH/USB ............................................................................................................... 52
4.21. Demo case ............................................................................................................................... 53
5.1. Bench test .................................................................................................................................. 54
5.2. Connecting to a PC over ETH and over ETH/USB adapter ....................................................... 55
5.3. PC address setting ..................................................................................................................... 56
5.4. Authentication ............................................................................................................................. 57
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