Installation Do's and Don'ts

Learn about various do's and don'ts for each installation option before installing the access point.

Ensure that you orient the access point properly for pole or under seat installation. The best practice is to follow the guidelines to ensure water drainage from access point radome and to prevent extreme water damage:

Note

If you do not follow the recommended orientation, ensure that your access point is not installed in a location where there is exposure to precipitation, freezing weather, or pressure washing.

Installation Don'ts

Do NOT install the access point radome side with the user I/O facing upward toward the sky.
Do NOT install an access point or open a console cap, when it is going to precipitate or is precipitating.
Do NOT remove the gland body. If you accidentally loosen the gland body, immediately torque it to 30 in-lbs.
Do NOT remove the vent or its protective cap.
Do NOT allow moisture, dirt, pollen, or any other external debris to enter the glands or console.
Do NOT get a pressure washer nozzle closer than 24 inches to the glands, console cap, or vent.

Installation Do's

Orientation:

Orient the access point as recommended for wall, pole, girder, under-seat, or under-bench applications.
The side with the glands can be horizontal facing down, facing to the left or right, or anything in-between.

User input/output:

Only the gland caps must be removed to install the GE1 or GE2 LAN RJ45. The gland caps must be torqued to 12 in-lbs.
The LAN cables must have a minimum radius of 1 inch and a 3 inch drip loop using gravity to carry any liquid away from the glands.
The console cap must be removed to install the console LAN RJ45. When the console cap is replaced, torque it to 5 in-lbs.
Note
Ensure that you use a 3/8 inch wide flat head screwdriver to help avoid marks on the console cap screwdriver slot.
Torque the ground screw to 12 in-lbs.

Power or pressure washer scenario:

Maintain a minimum distance of 24 inches between the pressure washer nozzle and the access point.
The maximum pressure is 4,000 psi.
Do not use pressure washer nozzles narrower than 15°.

Under bench, stadium riser mounted applications only

If the AP560i access point is mounted with a portion above the riser, ensure that there is a solid backing plate covering the entire access point and service panel (EIO-03-SP) bottoms.
There must be a minimum of 1 inch of clear space below the mounted access point surface that is closest to the floor.
Close the hole to the service panel if the access point extends above the stadium riser.
In areas where the temperature gets to freezing or below, apply a drop of anti-seize material to the threads of the M6 screws (that hold the access point to the bracket) and M4 screws (that hold the EIO-03-SP to the access point) prior to inserting the screw. Tighten the M6 screws to around 30 in-lbs. and the M4 screws to about 10 in-lbs.

Under seat applications only:

Tighten the EIO-04 M6 screws to around 30 in-lbs. and the EIO-03-SP M4 screws to about 10 in-lbs.