M0201AJB Era
™
Medium Power Carrier Access Point Installation Guide
© October 2018 CommScope, Inc. Page 1
DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ThisinstallationguideprovidesaproductoverviewofandinstallationinstructionsfortheMediumPower
CarrierAccessPoint(CAP
M),whichallowstransmissionbetweenEraequipment,antennas,andEthernet
devices(suchasWiFiandIPcameras).
Table1liststheCAPMmodelsthatthisinstallationguidesupports.
Document Revision History
ThisisthesecondreleaseoftheMediumPowerCarrierAccessPointInstallationGuide,which:
• addssupportforthenewErasystemconfigurationandWCSSubrackfunctionsandmodesthatwere
introducedinEraSoftwareVersion2.5;foranoverviewsee
"EraSystemOverview”onpage4
• updatesFigure1onpage5,whichshowsanErasysteminwhichtheCAPMsconnecttoaClassicCAN
• updates"RecommendedToolsandMaterial”onpage15
• updates"GeneralMountingCautions”onpage23
• updates"MountaCAPMUsingaSingleMountingBracket”onpage25and"MountTwoCAPMsUsinga
DualMountingBracket”onpage31—theM6x12screwnowrequiresanM6plainwasherandanM6
split-lockwasher
• adds"PoleMountingKitforUpto18"Poles”onpage8and"MounttheCAPMtoa4"to18"Pole”on
page39.
Table 1. Supported CAP M Models
Part Number
1
Model Name
7781125-000x CAP M 9/18/21/26
7820478-000x CAP M 7E/80-85/17E/19
1 The “-000x” suffix provides information as to whether the CA P M is AC or DC.
Contact your local sales representative for further information. See also
"CommScope Part Numbers” on page 3.
For information on other Era system components, refer to the Era™ software and hardware user
documentation, which can be accessed on the CommScope DCCS Customer Portal (see "Accessing Era
User Documentation” on page 55.)
For information on how to find the minimum software requirements for Era hardware, refer to
"Hardware to Software Mapping Information” on page 54.