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Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................1

  Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance ..............................................................................................1

  Manual Revisions ..........................................................................................................................................1

  Computer Software Copyrights .....................................................................................................................1

  Document Copyrights ....................................................................................................................................1

  Disclaimer  .....................................................................................................................................................1

  Trademarks ...................................................................................................................................................1

Installation Requirements for Compliance with Radio Frequency (RF) Energy Exposure Safety Standards ....2

Declaration of Conformity ...................................................................................................................................3

Product Safety and RF Exposure .......................................................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Pre-Installation Considerations ..........................................................................................................8

  1.1   Installation Overview ..............................................................................................................................8

  1.2   Environmental Conditions at Intended Installation Site ..........................................................................8

      1.2.1   Operating Temperature Range .....................................................................................................8

      1.2.2   Humidity .......................................................................................................................................8

      1.2.3   Air Quality ....................................................................................................................................8

  1.3   Equipment Ventilation ............................................................................................................................9

  1.4   AC Input Power Requirements ...............................................................................................................9

      1.4.1   Circuit Overloading ......................................................................................................................9

  1.5   Equipment Mounting Methods ...............................................................................................................9

  1.6   Site Grounding and Lightning Protection ...............................................................................................9

      1.6.1   Electrical Ground .........................................................................................................................9

      1.6.2   RF Ground ...................................................................................................................................9

      1.6.3   Lightning Ground .......................................................................................................................10

      1.6.4   Equipment Ground .....................................................................................................................10

Chapter 2 Mechanical Installation .................................................................................................................... 11

  2.1   Unpacking Equipment .......................................................................................................................... 11

  2.2   Transferring Equipment from Shipping Container to Rack or Cabinet ................................................. 11

Chapter 3 Indicators and Connectors ...............................................................................................................12

  3.1   Front Panel ...........................................................................................................................................12

      3.1.1   LED Indicator Descriptions ........................................................................................................12

  3.2   Rear Panel ...........................................................................................................................................13

      3.2.1   Rear Panel Part .........................................................................................................................13

      3.2.2   Rear Accessory Connector ........................................................................................................14

Chapter 4 Electrical Connections .....................................................................................................................15

  4.1   Power Supply Connections ..................................................................................................................15

      4.1.1   AC Input Power Connection .......................................................................................................15

      4.1.2   Ground Connection ....................................................................................................................16

      4.1.3   Battery Backup Connection .......................................................................................................16

  4.2   RF Antenna Connections .....................................................................................................................17

      4.2.1   Duplexer Selection .....................................................................................................................17

      4.2.2   Antenna Selection ......................................................................................................................17

Chapter 5 Post-Installation Checklist................................................................................................................18

  5.1   Applying Power ....................................................................................................................................18

  5.2   Verifying Proper Operation ...................................................................................................................18

      5.2.1   Front Panel LEDs14

  5.3   Archiving ..............................................................................................................................................18

      5.3.1   Copying the Repeater Codeplug Data to a Computer ...............................................................18