CommScope Era CAP M 9 - Installing CAP Ms; CAP M Installation and Cascade Rules

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Medium Power Carrier Access Point Installation Guide M0201AJB
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Installing CAP Ms
INSTALLING CAP MS
ThefollowingsectionsguideyouthroughtheinstallationofaCAPM.Payattentiontoallcautionsandfollow
thestepsintheorderpresented.
CAP M Installation and Cascade Rules
WhencascadingaSecondaryCAPMoranexternalEthernetdevicesuchasWiFioranIPcamera,youmust
observethefollowingrules.
• YouconnectCAPMstoanOPTCardintheClassicCANorTEN.
– EachOPTCardhasfour10Gbpsports(labeled1-4)forfiberconnections.
– Youcanconnectupto4CAPMsperOPTCardforatotalof16Primaryand32total,perClassicCAN
orTEN.
• Inacascade,theCAPMconnecteddirectlytotheClassicCANorTENisthePrimaryCAPM,andtheCAPM
thatconnectstothePrimaryCAP
MistheSecondaryCAPM.
• Thetotal320MHzRFbandwidthissharedbetweenthetwocascadedunits,butcanbesharedunevenly;
thatis,withmorebandwidthgoingtoeitherthePrimaryorSecondaryCAP
M—eitherCAPMcan
transmitallthe320
MHzRFbandwidthoranysubsetofit.
• ThePrimaryandSecondaryCAPMspowerupassoonaspowerisappliedtothem.Inacascade,theGUI
discoversandreadiesthePrimaryCAP
MforRFfirst,andthentheSecondaryCAPMwillbediscovered
andreadiedforRF.ForinformationonthePowerLEDbehavior,see
"PowertheCAPM”onpage52.
• SMForMMFconnectstheCAPMviaitsOpticalPort1totheOPTCard.
• WhencascadingaSecondaryCAPMoranexternalEthernetdevicesuchasWiFioranIPcamera,you
mustobservethefollowingrules.
– TocascadetwoCAPMs,useafiber-opticcable.
– SMForMMFconnectstheSecondaryCAPMviaitsOpticalPort1tothePrimaryCAPMviaitsOptical
Port2.
– YoucanconnectthefollowingtothePrimaryCAPM
 aSecondaryCAPM
 anEthernetdevice
 bothaSecondaryCAPMandanEthernetdevice.
• ToaddaSecondaryAP,youmustaddanOpticalOCTISkittothePrimaryCAPL,see"OCTISKits”on
page8.
• ToaddanEthernetdevice,youmustaddanRJ45OCTISkittothePrimaryCAPL,see"OCTISKits”on
page8.