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Pronghorn Metro Node - FCC Certified Open Architecture Quad Radio Platform for WISP and Metro Wireless

New - Pronghorn Metro Node is the Industry's First Open Architecture WISP and Muni Wireless Platform to Achieve Complete System-Level FCC Part 15 Compliance - Click Here to Read Our FCC Compliance Whitepaper

Pronghorn Metro Node is ADI Engineering’s innovative quad radio outdoor wireless platform for municipal mesh wireless and WISP infrastructure applications. Pronghorn Metro Node is also the only open architecture WISP and mesh product on the market that is FCC legal with multiple radios or high-gain antennas.

With Pronghorn Metro, ADI has established a progressive new approach to system-level FCC compliance of open architecture hardware. By going the extra step of certifying a complete quad-radio dual-band 2.4/5.8 GHz system including high-power radios and high-gain antennas useful in real-world WISP and metro wireless applications, ADI provides a complete FCC solution, without need for customers to test or certify the platform. This saves tens of thousands of dollars of testing and months of time that would otherwise be required.

ADI Engineering developed Pronghorn Metro from the ground up specifically as a high-power quad-radio outdoor wireless product. In addition to FCC compliance, Pronghorn Metro offers a number of other market-leading features such as 6.5W of continuous power available to all MiniPCI slots simultaneously, support for 80mm long radios in all four slots, built-in Ethernet data signal surge protection, and 1500VRMS of electrical isolation on its advanced high-power PoE circuitry for compliance with critical standards including 802.3 and EN60950 electrical safety. The hardware supports WiMAX upgradeability with MiniPCI WiMAX 802.16d and 802.16e radios.

Pronghorn Metro is supported by leading metro wireless and WISP software products including RoamAD WNP, Valemount Networks StarOS, Antcor IkarusOS, and WiliBox WILI-S. ADI also provides freely available Linux 2.6 with MadWiFi driver support and RedBoot. ADI can optionally pre-load systems with software of your choice (a license key must be purchased directly from the selected software partner).

In addition to turnkey multi-radio nodes, ADI also provides the Pronghorn Metro SBC wireless router board to customers building their own architecture systems. Customers following ADI's system assembly instructions and bill of materials are assured of an FCC certified system under ADI's system level FCC approval. Turnkey or build it yourself - either way ADI has taken care of system-level Part 15 compliance.

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Pronghorn Metro Node Key Features
ADI Engineering Pronghorn Metro Wireless Router Board
One to Four ADI Engineering RM1 802.11 a/b/g Atheros 6G radios with enhanced modular certification allowing high-gain antennas and co-location of transmitters (required for FCC pre-certified system) Hardware compatibility and power capacity for other high-power MiniPCI radios (additional FCC testing may be required for other types of radios)
Complete System-Level FCC Part 15 Compliance Pronghorn Metro's system-level FCC approval allows one to four ADI Engineering 2.4/5.8 GHz RM1 radios, 12 dBi 2.4 GHz antennas, and 22 dBi 5.8 GHz antennas Additional antenna types being added to the certification ADI is able to make changes and additions to our system-level FCC approval for unique customer requirements
CE noise compliance
Maximum certified EIRP 35dBm at 2.4 GHz 35dBm at 5.8 GHz
ADI Engineering AE1 Cast aluminum outdoor enclosure
N-Female bulkhead antenna connections, with optional gas discharge tube surge arrestors
Power Inputs 48VDC local power input via 2.5mm coaxial power jack Pre-802.3at high-power Power Over Ethernet input (voltage range 36-60V, 48V nominal) with 1500VRMS electrical isolation Pronghorn Metro Node offers PoE power isolation, which is required for 802.3 and EN60950-1 compliance Power inputs include inrush current limiting, overcurrent protection, undervoltage lockout, common-mode and differential filtering, surge suppression and reverse polarity protection
Dual surge protected 10/100 Ethernet ports, Auto-MDIX 1500VRMS isolation per IEEE 802.3 and EN60950-1 Active surge suppressors on Ethernet data pairs to GR1089 requirements - 72V bidirectional clamping voltage, repetitive surge rating 150A (2x10us or 8x20us) pulses
Compact Flash socket (True IDE mode)
On-board hardware watchdog
Temperature and voltage monitor
LED indicators (7 total): Status, Per-Radio Status/Activity Indicators (WLAN 0-3), Ethernet (ETH 0-1)
RS-232 port (male DB-9 connector)
GPIO connector for cover open tamper detect switch or other user-defined functionality
All four MiniPCI slots and the Compact Flash socket are located on one side of the main board opposite the digital electronics Access is greatly improved over router boards with front and back radios - all four radios are accessible without removing the router board from its enclosure for assembly, maintenance and upgrade MiniPCI slots are placed opposite the digital components and are shielded by multiple plane layers, improving RF performance of the radios Placing the radios all on one side results in half the amount of localized radio heating of the main board compared to competitive products with front and back radios - resulting in lower operating temperatures
Extended operating temperature: -40C to +80C, with 100% extended temperature certified components
RoHS compliant
ARM-standard 20-pin JTAG emulator connector

More Information
Pronghorn Metro Product Brief
New - Whitepaper: System-Level FCC Compliance with Pronghorn Metro
New - Pronghorn Metro System-Level FCC Grant
Pronghorn Metro CE Noise Emissions Compliance Test Report
New Whitepaper: Technical Advantages of Pronghorn Metro - Detailed Analysis and Discussion
Pronghorn Metro Linux and RedBoot sources
RoamAD Pronghorn Metro Node Hardware Assembly Guide
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