RADWIN2000UserManual Release2.8.30 4‐37
ConnectingandAligningODUs/Antennas
Inthefollowingsteps,“antenna” refersbothtoanexternalantennaandaninte‐
gratedantenna.
5.DirecttheantennaofsiteBinthedirectionofsiteA.Thisissimplifiedifaprevious
sitesurveyhasbeencompletedandazimuthsareknown.
6.Makeahorizontalsweepof180degreeswiththesiteAantennasothatthestrongest
signalfromsiteBcanbedetected.
7.SlowlyturnthesiteAantennabacktowardsthepositionofsiteB,listeningtothe
toneuntilthebestsignalisreached.Seethefollowingfigureforaudiblesignal
variations.
Figure4‐52:BeepSequenceforantennaalignment
8.SecurethesiteAantennatothepole/wall.
9.Repeatsteps4to8forsiteB.
Warning
Whenaligningtheantennas,donotstandinfrontofaliveantenna.
Note
• Threebeepsandapauseis'bestsignalsofar'
• Twobeepsandapauseis'signalqualityincreased'
• Onebeepandpauseis'nochangeinsignal'
• Longbeepandshortpauseis'signalqualitydecreased'
• Onebeepandalongpauseis'noairlink'
• Anyothersignaldoesnotrelatetoantennaalignment