Technical Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Product Specifications
- Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
- Introduction
- Commissioning
- Tools Required
- Connect to the Main Board
- Commission the DCU
- Installer Commands
- Global Commands
- Administrator Commands (for an LTE Backhaul)
- Alarm Menu
- Manufacturing Menu
- MTU Menu
- Transceiver Menu
- Records Menu
- Power Supply Debug Menu
- Transceiver Debug Menu
- Advanced Menu
- Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Menu
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Testing the DCU
- Local Menu “WALL” Command Information
- DCU-Generated Headend Messages
- Index
34 D C U M a i n t e n a n c e a n d O p e r a t i o n M a n u a l
Servicing the DCU
Servicing the DCU
The engineers at Aclara have developed a set of expectations regarding how the
DCU should be maintained. The following table summarizes the types of activities
a technician would be expected to perform based on the nature of the visit.
Activity First Visit
Periodic
Maintenance
Issue
Investigation or
Repair
Observe safety
protocols
Yes Yes Yes
Inspect site for
anomalies
Yes Yes Yes
Commissioning Yes No No
Conduct antenna
pattern test
No Yes As needed
Conduct cable tests No Yes Yes
Recalibrate the RSSI
measurement
Yes Yes Yes
Measure resistance to
earth ground
No Yes As needed