Installation Manual
Table Of Contents
- WAVEXpress/BTS Installation and Commissioning Guide
- One - Unpacking the WAVEXpress/BTS
- Two - Internal BTS Cabling and Jumpering
- Three - Installation
- 3-1 Wall Installation
- 3-2 Table Mount
- 3-3 Rack Installation
- 3-4 Common Final Installation Procedures
- 3-4.1 Connection of the Cable Gland
- 3-4.2 Connection of the Grounding Cable
- 3-4.3 Connection of the Antennas to the Bulkhead Plate
- 3-4.4 Connection of the Optional Combiner Assembly
- 3-4.5 Connection of the Power Supply
- 3-4.6 Connection of the T1 Lines
- 3-4.7 Connection to External Alarms
- 3-4.8 Optional Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) Check
- 3-4.9 Post Installation Checks
- 3-5 Outdoor Installation
- Four - Off-Line Commissioning
- Five - Off-Line Commissioning of a Daisy Chain
- Six - Post Off-Line Commissioning
- Seven - On-Line Commissioning
- Appendix 1 - Connection of the Combiner Assembly
- Appendix 2 - BTS Field Maintenance
- A2-1 WAVEXpress/BTS Field Replacement Maintenance
- A2-1.1 Replacing the WAVEXpress/BTS IWP card
- A2-1.2 Replacing the WAVEXpress/BTS T1 card
- A2-1.3 Replacing the WAVEXpress/BTS TRX card
- A2-1.4 Replacing the WAVEXpress/BTS RF distribution card
- A2-1.5 Replacing the clock module
- A2-1.6 Replacing power supply units
- A2-1.7 Replacing fan assemblies
- A2-1.8 Replacing filters (p/n 520081-01)
- A2-1.9 Replacing the antenna bracket with a combiner assembly
- A2-1 WAVEXpress/BTS Field Replacement Maintenance
- Checklist 1 - Installation Checklist
- Checklist 2 - Commissioning Checklist
Release 3.3, Revision A 1/99
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3-2 Table Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3-2.1 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3-3 Rack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3-3.1 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3-4 Common Final Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3-4.1 Connection of the Cable Gland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3-4.2 Connection of the Grounding Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3-4.3 Connection of the Antennas to the Bulkhead Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3-4.4 Connection of the Optional Combiner Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3-4.5 Connection of the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3-4.6 Connection of the T1 Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3-4.7 Connection to External Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3-4.8 Optional Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3-4.9 Post Installation Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3-5 Outdoor Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3-5.1 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3-5.2 Mounting of the WAVEXpress/BTS Within the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3-5.3 Routing of Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3-5.4 Optional Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3-5.5 Post Installation Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 4 Off-Line Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4-1 Pre Off-Line Commissioning Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4-1.1 Pre Off-Line Commissioning Visual Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4-2 Off-Line Commissioning Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4-2.1 T1 Lines and Power Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4-2.2 Power On Self Test (POST) Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 5 Off-Line Commissioning of a Daisy Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5-1 Setting the Abis Timeslot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5-2 Prerequisites to Daisy Chaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5-3 Cabling of the Units in a Daisy Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 6 Post Off-Line Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6-1 Post Off-Line Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6-1.1 Post Off-Line Commissioning Procedures at the Staging Area . . . . . . . 85
6-1.2 Post Off-Line Commissioning Procedures On-Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 7 On-Line Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
7-1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
7-1.1 Pre On-Line Commissioning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7-1.2 Prerequisites for Network Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91