Specifications

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Operating the Agilent Technologies 83212D Software

Compatibility with earlier software versions

All HP/Agilent 83212 versions

As the purpose of the Agilent 83212D software is to test a mobile

station’s compliance with the GSM speciﬁcations, the software is now

simpliﬁed and the ability to edit many of the test speciﬁcations is now

removed. This eliminates complexity and reduces the possibility of

erroneous test results due to misconﬁguration of certain speciﬁcations.

These speciﬁcations are now hardcoded in the software and are no

longer user editable.

If you have written test procedures for previous versions of the HP/

Agilent 83212 test software and these tests contain edited speciﬁcation

values, then these tests will still work with the Agilent 83212D

software. Note, however, that the hardcoded speciﬁcation values are

always used instead of the edited values.

Overview of changes contained in Agilent 83212D

• Dual-Band testing of mobiles (GSM900 and DCS1800) is now

supported. If you start the procedure Dual-Band, only the test

sequence for the full test is taken from this procedure. Other values

(especially speciﬁcations but also parameters) are taken either from

the procedure GSM900 or from DCS1800 depending on the radio

mode. The test starts in GSM900. The Quick and Full Tests include

a Dual-Band handover. Within the ﬂow chart, a Dual-Band

Handover is available via the ﬁeld Chng chan by entering a channel

of the other band. An individual test, TEST_16 allows you to perform

a Dual-Band Handover test within your own test sequences.

• Phase II Power Levels are supported by all parts of the software.

The supported power levels are 1-19 for GSM900, 0-15 for DCS1800

and 30, 31, 0-15 for PCS. Parameters 31, TX Default Power

Control Level and parameter 48, TX Minimum Power Level are

affected. For example, the individual test TEST_06 TX Peak Power

Error starts at the power level that is deﬁned by parameter 31 and

measurements are made at decreasing power levels according to

parameter 36, TX Power Level Step for Peak Power until the

level deﬁned by parameter 48 is reached.

• Power vs Time mask (used by TEST_05, TEST_15 and Quicktest)

is modiﬁed to take into account the new absolute limits as well. The

results are shown either in dBc or dBm, whichever limit applies

according to the ETSI speciﬁcations.

• ORFS measurements (TEST_07 and TEST_08) are modiﬁed. The

averaging and peak comparisons are now performed in software for

improved accuracy. ORFS Due to Modulation now also takes into