RADWIN2000+SeriesUserManual Release4.2.40 4‐40
AntennaAlignmentProcedure
4. Pointtheantenna
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oftheMasterODUinthegeneraldirectionoftheSlaveODU,
andsecureittothepoleorwall.
5. FromtheSlaveODU,makeahorizontalsweepof180degreeswithitsantennaso
thatthestrongestsignalfromtheMasterODUcanbedetected.
6. SlowlyturntheSlaveODUantennabacktowardsthepositionoftheMasterODU,
listeningtothetoneuntilthebestsignalisreached.Seethefollowingfigurefor
audiblesignalvariations.
Figure4‐57:BeepSequenceforantennaalignment
•Threebeepsandapauseis'bestsignalsofar'
•Twobeepsandapauseis'signalqualityincreased'
•Onebeepandshortpauseis'nochangeinsignal'
•Longbeepandshortpauseis'signalqualitydecreased'
•Onebeepandalongpauseis'noairlink'
•Anyothersignaldoesnotrelatetoantennaalignment
7. SecuretheSlaveODUantennatothepole/wall.
8. RepeattheabovestepsfromtheMasterODU,listeningtoitsbuzzer:makea
horizontalsweepof180degreeswithitsantennasothatthestrongestsignalfrom
theSlaveODUcanbedetected.
9. SlowlyturntheMasterODUantennabacktowardsthepositionoftheSlaveODU,
listeningtothetoneuntilthebestsignalisreached.
10. SecuretheMasterODUantennatothepole/wall.
11. TurnoffthebuzzeroftheradiounitsfromtheRADWINManager(seeLink
ConfigurationToolBaronpage 7‐27).
1. Ifyourunithasanintegratedantenna,“pointingtheantenna”consistsofpointingtheunititself.