Adding Switches

To add a switch to a site click Add Tower Switch in the Bill of Materials for Switch on the Site Page or Bill of Materials for hub on the hub page. To add switches to multiple network sites simultaneously select the sites in the Network Sites list and select Add/Edit Tower Switch from the right click menu.

The Tower Switch page is displayed.

New Tower Switch Page

Equipment Selection

Select the equipment configuration. The fields that are displayed will change depending on the equipment selected. For example when an AC power supply is selected, the Power Cord field is displayed.

Redundant Power: Select the redundant power option. Redundant power supplies are only available on the 16 Port switch

Switch Type: Select the switch family, TX1000 series or TX2000 series

RJ45 Ports: Select the number of RJ45 ports required

Fiber Ports: Select the number of Fiber ports required

Country: For use in United States, select United States, for anywhere else select Other

Power: Select the power supply, either AC or DC and size depending on equipment to be connected

Power Cord: For an AC power supply, select the Power Cord

Sync Input: Select the Sync source, the TX2000 switches can support two sync inputs for redundancy if required

Transceivers: Select the type and enter the number of transceivers. The number of transceivers is dependent on the number of Fiber ports selected, therefore the sum of all transceivers must not exceed the total fiber ports configured. SFP+ ports can be either 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps, SFP ports can only be 1 Gbps.

Completed Tower Switch Page

Bill of Materials

LINKPlanner automatically calculates the Bill of Materials (BOM) for the required components of the switch. The switch BOM contains the list of part numbers, descriptions and associated quantities for the switch. Optional items can be added to the list. The link BOM can be saved as a CSV or Excel file by clicking View in Spreadsheet .

P/N: The Cambium part number. If the component is not supplied by Cambium, this is set to ‘(no part number)’.

Description: Description of the components.

Qty: Quantity required.

Notes: By default this displays information about certain items, such as whether they are obsolete. This field can be edited to allow additional information to be added to the item. The default text is returned if the edited text is deleted. When information is displayed in the Notes field, items will only be aggregated at the Project Level BOM if the Notes field contains identical information as well as being the same part number.