Cambium Networks PTP 650 Series - User Manual

Cambium
PTP 650 Series
User Guide
System Release 650-01-01

Summary

Important regulatory information

Radar avoidance

Details requirements for detecting and avoiding radar systems in mandated regions.

USA and Canada specific information

Lightning protection

Emphasizes installer familiarity with site selection, bonding, and grounding for lightning protection.

Problems and warranty

Security advice

Chapter 1: Product description

Wireless operation

Ethernet bridging

System management

Chapter 2: System hardware

Chapter 3: System planning

Site planning

Describes factors for planning link end sites, including grounding, lightning protection, and equipment location.

Radio spectrum planning

Details how to plan PTP 650 links to conform to regulatory restrictions in the country of operation.

Link planning

Covers factors for planning links, such as range, obstacles, path loss, and throughput.

Security planning

Details how to plan PTP 650 links to operate in secure mode, covering SNTP, HTTPS/TLS, and SNMPv3.

System threshold, output power and link loss

Data throughput capacity tables

Chapter 5: Installation

Safety

Contains important safety guidelines that must be observed by personnel installing or operating PTP 650 equipment.

Installing the ODU and top LPU

Describes how to mount and ground the ODU and top LPU, and connect external antennas.

Installing the copper Cat5 e Ethernet interface

Details how to install the copper Cat5e power over Ethernet interface from ODU to PSU.

Installing the PSU

Explains how to install a power supply unit (PSU), either AC or AC+DC Enhanced.

Chapter 6: Configuration and alignment

Preparing for configuration and alignment

Describes checks to perform before proceeding with unit configuration and antenna alignment.

Connecting to the unit

Explains how to connect the unit to a management PC and power it up.

Using the web interface

Installation menu

System menu

Management menu

SNMP pages (for SNMPv3)

Security menu

Guides on configuring HTTPS/TLS security using the Security Wizard.

Aligning antennas

Describes how to align antennas to find the center of the main beam using the web interface.

Chapter 7: Operation

System summary and status

Explains how to use summary and status pages to monitor Ethernet ports and wireless link status.

Alarms, alerts and messages

Details how to use alarms, alerts, and syslog messages to monitor PTP 650 link status.

Spectrum management

Describes how to use spectrum management pages to monitor radio spectrum usage.

System statistics

Recovery mode

Provides instructions on how to recover a PTP 650 unit from configuration errors or software corruption.

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

Testing link end hardware

Describes how to test link end hardware when it fails on startup or during operation.

Testing the radio link

Explains how to test the link for no communication, unreliability, low throughput, or interference.

Cambium Networks PTP 650 Series Specifications