Quick Reference Guide for RTN510 AP

3. Installing AP's Antenna Supports

Deployment (V100R019C00 and Later) 1. Check the positions of screws on 2. Install the upper and lower supports.
the supports.
Issue: 04 (2021-06-30) M6 x 16 square-neck bolt
Upper support
M8 x 20 hexagon bolt
Lower support
1. Preparing for Site Deployment

Components and Cables Tools and Documents Auxiliary Materials

Upper support

a
 AP  AP mounting  Adjustable wrench  Hose clamp
 AP antenna bracket  Crimping tool, diagonal  Binding strap
If the diameter of the pole is less than 78 mm, Lower support
 AP grounding clip  AP antenna pliers  Waterproof tape the screws are routed from the front clamp
 Outdoor shielded installation  M3 and M6 hex keys  ESD tape plate to the rear clamp plate through the
network cable (made on site) support  Mobile phone,  Network cable inner hole.
 Optical module and outdoor  RF cable x 2 compass, laptop grounding clip x 2
 Planning document
optical fiber (optional)
4. Pre-installing RF Cables on the AP Side and Making Outdoor
Network Cables
Requirements for mobile phones: camera resolution ≥ 8 megapixels
NOTICE
Recommended laptop configurations:
1. Windows 7 or later 1. To facilitate installation, remove the PG connector and protective cover from the P&E and
COMBO(e) ports before installation.
2. Internet Explorer 10 or later, Chrome 50 or later, or Safari 7 or later
2. When securing the RF port of the AP, expose a thread of about 3 mm (2 to 3 circles).
Recommended mobile phone configurations: 3. Apply waterproofing and anti-corrosion treatments on the two RF ports.

1. Apple phones running iOS 7 or later

2. Android phones running Android 4.4 or later Expose 2 to 3 Wrap one layer Wrap three layers Wrap three Wrap it with
3. Browser version: Safari 6.1 or later, and Chrome 50 or later circles of of insulation of waterproof tape. layers of binding straps on
threads on the tape. insulation tape. both ends.
Requirements for browser configuration: connector.

1. Add https://192.168.1.1 and https://192.168.102.1 to the trusted site. The height from
the top of the
2. If a proxy server is configured, cancel the setting of the proxy server or set the connector to the
proxy server not to be used on the 192.168.* network segment. lower part of the
connector is
30 mm.
2. Checking the Installation Environment

Pole
requirements: 1: white and NOTICE
• Vertical pole orange
2: orange 1. The outdoor network cable connector on the AP
• Diameter range: 48 to 114 mm 3: white and green
side does not need to be equipped with a
4: blue
5: white and blue protective cover.
6: green 2. During crimping, the metal shield layer of the
Power supply requirements: 7: white and brown outdoor network cable and the metal shell of
8: brown
the RJ45 connector must be in good contact.
• The power for PoE power supply devices such as the PI or PC500 is available. 3. After the outdoor network cable is prepared,
• The PI or PC500 has been installed at the site or together with the AP. check the wire sequence and use a multimeter or
a network cable tester to test the connectivity.
 5. Checking the Items Before Climbing the Tower 7. Installing the AP
Components and Cables Tools and Documents Auxiliary Materials 1. Secure the mounting bracket to the
corresponding position on the pole using a hose

a clamp. Secure the excess part of the hose

 AP (with two RF cables)  Adjustable wrench  Hose clamp AP mounting Pole
 AP antenna (with antenna support)  Diagonal pliers  Binding strap bracket clamp using cable ties.
 AP grounding clip  M3 and M6 hex keys  Waterproof tape
 Outdoor shielded network cable  Compass, mobile phone  ESD tape
 Optical module and outdoor optical  Planning document
fiber (optional) Hose
clamp

AP
Outdoor
6. Installing and Aligning the AP Antenna cable tie

1. Use a compass to secure the antenna to the pole based on the position and AP
AP mounting bracket
grounding
azimuth specified in the planning document.
clip
2. Loosen the screws on the front clamp plate of the upper support, adjust the
position of the front clamp plate to the elevation angle specified in the network 2. Insert the attachment plate behind the AP into
planning document, and then secure the clamp plate. Connecting to the outdoor the slot of the mounting bracket, and secure
ground bar or tower (the antirust
the AP to the mounting bracket using screws
Screws for securing the paint needs to be removed)
NOTICE on the top of the attachment plate.
front clamp plate
3. Install AP grounding clips. Attachment plate
1. Before the installation, remove the rear clamp plate from
one screw.
2. When fastening the support, ensure that the screw nut is
a b
closely attached to the front clamp plate to prevent
rotation of the screw.

Rear clamp plate Nut

8. Installing Cables (1)
3. Fine adjust the azimuth and elevation of the AP antenna.

Front and rear NOTICE

adjustment
1. Adjust the azimuth of the AP antenna as follows:
Loosen the fastening screws on the upper and lower
supports, move the antenna horizontally leftwards and
Elevation
rightwards until the antenna's azimuth measured by
adjustment slide
the compass reaches the planned value, and then
secure the fastening screws.
Azimuth 2. Adjust the elevation of the AP antenna as follows: GE(o) port
adjustment Loosen the fastening screws on the angle ruler on the
upper support, slide the screw on the angle ruler until RF port (H) RF port (V)
the scale on the angle ruler reaches the planned value COMBO(e) port P&E port
(you can use a gradiometer to achieve better
accuracy), and then secure the fastening screw. Outdoor RF port (H) RF port (V)
NOTE optical fiber Outdoor
(optional) network RF cables
Outdoor network
This document takes a sector antenna as an example of how to complete the quick cable (optional)
cable
installation, similar to a flat antenna. For details about how to install an antenna, refer to the
installation guide of the vendor.
 8. Installing Cables (2) 10. Taking Photos for Acceptance

1. Install the RF cables. Take photos one by one based on the following acceptance points. After the
deployment, attach the photos to the acceptance checklist.
NOTICE
1. The RF ports connected to the same RF cable must have the same polarization Acceptance point 1: Acceptance point 2: Acceptance point 3:
direction. photo of the overall MAC address antenna azimuth angle
2. Waterproof and anticorrosion measures must be taken for the RF ports of the AP site
antenna.

3. (Optional) Insert the optical module into

2. Install outdoor network cables.
the GE(o) port and install outdoor optical
fibers. Insert fibers into
a
the GE(o) port.
Inner cylinder
c d Push the inner
b
cylinder to the top.
e Rubber washer

b c
Push the shell to
the top, turn the
shell clockwise,
and tighten the
Shell socket. Acceptance point 4: Acceptance point 5: AP Acceptance point
a antenna elevation angle antenna connector 6: AP connector
Network cable
grounding clip

NOTE

1. When installing an AP on a tower, route the outdoor network cable from the tower
body to the outdoor cable tray and ground it 1 m away from the outdoor cable tray.
2. Ground the outdoor network cable 0.5 m to 1 m away from the equipment room or Acceptance point 7: AP and
outdoor cabinet, except in the following cases: The AP is connected to equipment that outdoor network cable
can be installed outdoors, such as PC500 or outdoor PI; the distance between the grounding
tower and the outdoor cabinet/equipment room is less than 5 m.
3. Apply waterproofing and anti-corrosion treatments on the grounding points.

9. Checking the Power Status

NOTE
NOTE
In normal cases, the system status indicator
is steady green.
System status
indicator 1. Acceptance points 3 and 4: The scales of the azimuth and elevation angles
P&E port
of the RT need to be provided.
2. Acceptance points 5 and 6: The RF cable connection between the antenna
and the AP is provided. That is, H is connected to H, V is connected to V, or
Connecting to PoE power two RF cables are identified using the color-coding.
supply devices
11. Deployment Process 12. Logging in to the NE
NOTICE

PtMP PtP • WLAN is preferentially used to connect a laptop to the AP. If WLAN connection
Deployment Item fails, the P&E port of the AP is used to connect the laptop to the AP.
AP mode AP mode RT mode
• When the P&E port of the AP is connected to the PC500, the laptop can be
Logging in to the NE Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory connected to the AP using any unused port. If the PC500 is connected to multiple
APs, disconnect the PC500 from the other APs.
Configuring (Mandatory) The (Mandatory) • The PC500 is configured to transparently transmit E-LAN services.
device default mode is The default Mandatory
information AP. mode is AP.
1. Connect to an AP through a WLAN or P&E port.
Configuring Connect to the P&E port of the
microwave Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory WLAN
AP through the PI or PC500.
parameters
Quick start Default IP address
PI
of AP WLAN:
Mandatory. When the 192.168.1.1
device is switched to the RT
Configuring P&E port
mode, the DHCP client is
network Mandatory Default SSID: PMP-last
enabled by default. In this six digits of the system
parameters
case, this item is not MAC address-NE ID P&E port
required. Default password: Default IP address
PC500
Modify_123 of the AP P&E port:
Querying the Spectrum Analysis Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory 192.168.102.1

Configuring the number of ports NOTE

Mandatory Mandatory -
and transmit power • In a version earlier than V100R002C00, you can obtain the system MAC address
(Optional) This item is not required if the from the nameplate of the device. In V100R002C00 or later, you can obtain the
services set before factory delivery are used. air-interface MAC address from the nameplate of the device. The system MAC
When the device is switched to the RT mode, address can be obtained by subtracting 1 from the air-interface MAC address.
services are configured by default (A point-to- • If the AP is connected to the laptop through the P&E port, set the IP address of
point E-Line service that is transparently the network adapter for network connection on the laptop to 192.168.102.2 and
Configuring services transmitted between port 2-EG3-3(P&E) and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.252. No IP address needs to be configured for
port 3-MMGXR-1(PORT-1) is automatically WLAN access.
created). You do not need to configure them.
This item is required when you need to 2. Open Internet Explorer and enter https://192.168.1.1 (WLAN) or
configure services according to the network https://192.168.102.1 (P&E port) in the address bar to open the login page.
plan.
Optional. NOTE
Set the
Configuring encryption parameters
Mandatory Mandatory SSID and Initial user name: szhw, lct, or root
and whitelist enabling
password Initial password: Changeme_123
as planned. In V100R020C10 and later versions,
the initial user name is root. If you
Restart ACS Optional Optional Optional
use the initial user name and initial
password to log in to the system for
the first time, change the initial
Instrument-Free Test Optional Optional Optional password.

Manual Data Saving to the

Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
Database
 13. Quick Start 13.2 Configuring Microwave Parameters (2)

NOTE
1 2
• Set Country, Antenna Gain, and Channel Bandwidth according to the planning
document.
• Generally, a frequency range is provided in the planning document. Select all channels
within the frequency range. After the configuration is complete, transmit power is
automatically configured for the device by default. (Transmit power = Maximum
allowable EIRP on frequencies of the country – Antenna gain)
• PtP is a point-to-point networking environment, and PtMP is a point-to-multipoint
networking environment.

13.3 Configuring Network Parameters (1)

13.1 Configuring Device Information NOTE

• Manually: Select this mode when you need to manually configure IP addresses for the
NE.
• Automatically: Indicates that the DHCP client is enabled.
• Assign IP for other devices: Indicates that the DHCP server is enabled, that is, IP
1 addresses are allocated to other DHCP clients.

Configure an NE IP address.

2
1
NOTE

• AP Mode: The device serves as the central node in PtMP networking or the uplink 2
/downlink node in PtP networking.
• RT Mode: The device serves as the terminal access node in PtP networking. After a
switch to the RT mode, the NE automatically initiates an E-Line service in point-to-
point transparent transmission from the P&E port to the air interface, and the NE
management mode is automatically switched to the DHCP client mode.
3

13.2 Configuring Microwave Parameters (1)

NOTE
when you manually set the IP address of the NE, you need to disable the DHCP function.

Configure the DHCP client.

2
2
13.3 Configuring Network Parameters (2) 13. Querying the Spectrum Analysis Result (2)
NOTE

After the DHCP client is enabled, the IP address allocated by the DHCP server is used to
access the NE.
2
Configure the DHCP server. 1
4
NOTE 3
• On the same DCN, you are advised to select only one device as the DHCP server
and other devices as the DHCP client.
•
5
Set the gateway IP address, start IP address, and end IP address based on the
network plan. The IP address range determined by the start IP address and end IP
address is the IP address range assigned by the DHCP server to the DHCP client.
• After the DHCP server is enabled, the DHCP gateway IP address is used to access
the NE.

Gateway: Indicates
the gateway IP 2 1
address of the
device. IP Pool: Indicates
the IP address
range assigned
by the DHCP
DHCP Gateway: server to the
Indicates the NE IP • Click Export Result to export the scanning result into a file. The file name is
DHCP client. frequencyScanningData.csv.
address of the DHCP
server. • You can click Configure Microwave to open the microwave configuration page and
3 modify frequency parameters.

15. Configuring the Number of Ports and Transmit Power (1)

13. Querying the Spectrum Analysis Result
NOTE On the Microwave page, configure Number of Ports and Transmit
Power. The microwave parameters configured in section 14.1 can also
be modified on this page.
• Before selecting a working frequency, query the spectrum analysis result for the channel
performance of each frequency.
• The spectrum analysis range is the same as that supported by the selected country code. NOTE
You can select available frequency bands based on the maximum value indicated by the
red rectangular bar in the figure. A smaller value indicates less interference. You are
• Set Number of Ports to the number of RTs that can be connected to the AP. This
advised to select the frequencies recommended by the system for the planned
parameter can be set only when the PtMP mode is used. The value range of this
bandwidth or multiple consecutive frequencies that encounter less interference.
parameter is 1-32.
• It is recommended that the frequency scanning duration be more than ten minutes.
• Set Transmit Power according to the planning document. Ensure that the sum of the
• If you set Area to Whole Sector, the AP and all RTs connected to the AP can be
value of Antenna Gain and the value of Transmit Power is less than or equal to the
scanned. If an AP is specified, only the AP is scanned. If an AP port is selected, the RT
maximum EIRP value of the configured country.
connected to the AP port is scanned.
 15. Configuring the Number of Ports and Transmit Power (2) 16. Configuring Encryption Parameters, Enabling the Whitelist,
and Setting the Highest MCSs (2)
1 2. Enable the whitelist function.

2 NOTICE
By default, access control is set to No Anonymous Access (indicates that automatic RT access
is allowed). After access control is set to Anonymous access is prohibited (indicating that
automatic RT access is not allowed), you must restore the device to its factory settings on the
Device page if you want to enable automatic RT access.

2
1 3
3 If access control is set to Anonymous access is
prohibited, all the RTs connected to the AP are
automatically converted to the Certified By MAC mode.
4

The RT MAC address added to

4 the whitelist is displayed.

16. Configuring Encryption Parameters, Enabling the Whitelist,

NOTE
and Setting the Highest MCSs (1)
NOTICE • No Anonymous Access: Automatic RT access is allowed.
• Anonymous access is prohibited: Automatic RT access is not allowed, the whitelist
• You are advised to perform this operation after the deployment is completed and all RTs are
function is enabled, and the MAC addresses of the RTs connected to the AP need to be
connected.
• manually added to the whitelist.
The SSID and password of the AP must be the same as those of the RT. You need to modify
the SSID and password of all RTs before modifying the SSID and password of the AP.
Ensure that the MAC addresses of only the required RTs are added to the whitelist
1. Configure encryption parameters. list.
1
1 2

3 4

2
NOTE

Tx Peak MCS: This parameter specifies the highest MCS for data transmission at the local end
3 and is used to avoid frequent transient MCS changes. Set this parameter to the value planned
for the local end.
NOTE Rx Peak MCS: This parameter specifies the highest MCS for data transmission at the peer end
and is used to avoid frequent transient MCS changes. Set this parameter to the value planned
The default password is Changeme_123. The new password must comply with the following for the peer end.
rules: The password length is 8 to 63 characters containing at least three types of the following
characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters. In addition, the
new password cannot contain empty spaces.
 17. Restart ACS 19. Instrument-Free Test
If the communication quality of the current frequency is poor, click Restart
On the AP, you can view the uplink capacity, downlink capacity, packet loss
ACS, the system automatically selects the best frequency for
communication. rate and MCS ratio of connected RTs.
2
1. Configure the expected uplink and downlink traffic.
1
2

4 5
1 Configure the expected
uplink and downlink traffic.

3 3

2. View the check results.

18. Configuring VLAN Free for the DCN

In the Network > DCN Config page, click Edit, set Protocol Type to VLAN Free
for the DCN, and click Save.
NOTE
Protocol Type cannot be set to VLAN Free for the DCN in the following scenarios:
• Encap is set to QINQ for the port.
• Tag is set to tag-aware for the port.
• NMSIF Status is set to Enable for the service port.

3
1

2
20. Querying the Link Status
After the antennas are adjusted and the microwave links are set up, you can query the
link status on the web server.
Check whether the transmit and receive power and MCS values meet the planning
requirements.

21. Manual Data Saving to the Database

After modifying configurations or deploying devices, you need to manually save all
configurations to the database.
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2