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Cablefree Access - Product Overview

Cablefree Access

Designed especially for the telecommunications market, Cablefree Access provides a versatile answer to demands for last-mile connections for today's high-performance networks.

Key features include:

  • Outdoor use, capable of transmitting high speed digital data
  • Interfaces for all of the major telecommunications formats
  • Range exceeding 2km and up to 4km in certain regions
  • Wide beam technology overcomes building movement problems
  • Connect to G.703 E1, E2, E3, T1 and STM-1 interfaces
  • IP65 environmentally protected casings
  • Optional Indoor Unit (IDU) containing network interfaces, management & power supplies

Cablefree Access systems are supplied as a pair of full-duplex transceiver units together with optional wall-mount fixings and indoor units containing network interfaces and power supplies.

Cablefree Access Indoor Unit

The system has in-built alignment aids, link-test and diagnostic functions to facilitate installation and service. Cablefree Access incorporates numerous safety features and has been certified to meet the eye-safety requirements of IEC825 and BS EN60825.


Cablefree Access Technical Data

Variants:

Range A500, A1000, A2000, A4000
Interfaces Various - 1Mbps to 155Mbps

Performance:

Range Systems for 500m, 1km, 2km & 4km
Data rates supported 64kbps to 155Mbps
Unfaded Bit Error Rate Better than 1x10-10 at 155Mbps
Fade Margin >20dB to overcome fog, rain, snow or shimmer
Link Availability Between 99.7% and 99.999% depending on distance and location

Unit Specification:

Size depends on variant
Weight depends on variant
Unit Power Consumption 75W 24Vdc
External Power Supply 90 - 250V ac auto-ranging, 48V dc option
Operating Temperature -20 to 60ºC

Optical sub-systems:

Operating Wavelength 980nm
Filtering Infra-red filter removes interference from daylight
Beam divergence Factory-preset to 0.5º or 0.25º
Optical classification Eye-safety Class 1M to IEC825 -1

Alignment aids:

Alignment sight Mechanical ‘gun-sight’ for general alignment
RSSI meter 10-step signal strength meter and audible tone
FM audio 2-way ‘voice link’ for speech and RSSI tones

Data Formats:

Multi-E1 for network access Upgradable from 1x E1 to 4xE1 (external mux - 16x E1) 75ohm Coax or 120ohm UTP connectors
High capacity single channel E2, E3 and STM-1 interfaces
  Data Networking 10, 100Mbps Ethernet - UTP or Fibre optic interfaces
  Other formats Contact us for complete solutions

Accessories & options

Installation Pan & Tilt mount, Wall, Tower, Pole & Tripod options
Diagnostics Bit-error-rate measurement, in-built system diagnostics, remote status monitoring
  Software Comprehensive suite of software management tools

For further information on the Cablefree Access range please contact us


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